Intel Core i5-12600HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 170

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7939 points
1% slightly better overall score
7802 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9917 points
4% slightly better gaming score
9529 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7388 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
7219 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7265 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
7047 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
49% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.20 GHz
28% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

9 MiB
125% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

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

161st of 1,127
166th of 1,127

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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