Intel Core i5-12600 vs AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 6000 Series 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

0.76% slightly better overall score

7135 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10529 points

16% slightly better gaming score

9019 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6169 points

6520 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5948 points

6356 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

178.59 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

172.91 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9645 points

0.90% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

9559 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2382 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1990 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

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

480 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

384 KiB

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

183rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Ryzen PRO 6000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-12600 vs Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12600 performs better than the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600. Also, the Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H 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.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-12600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.