Intel Core i5-12600 vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7189 points

2% slightly better overall score

7025 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10529 points

23% slightly better gaming score

8549 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6169 points

6518 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5948 points

6374 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9947 points

45% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

6835 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

178.59 points

184.59 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9785 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

9429 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2350 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1960 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9645 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

9459 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2382 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1979 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

3.30 GHz

0.03% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz

4.9 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

480 KiB

512 KiB

6% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB

12% slightly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

178th of 1,089

192nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-12600 vs Ryzen 9 6900HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12600 is faster than the Ryzen 9 6900HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 6900HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 6900HX has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-12600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600. Also, the Ryzen 9 6900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 6900HX outputs less heat than Core i5-12600 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-12600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.