Intel Core i5-12600 vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Z1 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

13% slightly better overall score

6328 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10529 points

35% slightly better gaming score

7752 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6169 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

5895 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5948 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

5789 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9947 points

52% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

6531 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

178.59 points

5% slightly higher Blender score

169.56 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9645 points

0.52% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

9595 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2382 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2167 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

5.1 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

28 W

132% significantly lower TDP

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

234th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Ryzen Z1

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-12600 vs Ryzen Z1 Extreme comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12600 beats the Ryzen Z1 Extreme in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Z1 Extreme in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-12600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12600. Also, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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.