Intel Core i5-12600K vs AMD FX-8320

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD FX-8320

Price

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$ 184.46

$ 104.04

$ 80.42 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9422 points

271% significantly better overall score

2534 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12057 points

226% significantly better gaming score

3698 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8581 points

297% significantly better multitasking score

2159 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8381 points

304% significantly better heavy workload score

2072 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8019 points

181% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

2853 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

233.94 points

516% significantly higher Blender score

37.97 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11486 points

533% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

1814 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2357 points

411% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

461 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11863 points

562% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1791 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2478 points

441% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

458 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

3.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

22% slightly higher turbo speed

4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

150 W

125 W

20% slightly lower TDP

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

800 KiB

108% significantly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB

150% significantly more L3 cache

8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

102nd of 1,089

620th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

FX 8-Core Black Edition

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR3

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-12600K vs FX-8320 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12600K is faster than the FX-8320. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8320 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-12600K has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the FX-8320 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the FX-8320. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-12600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the FX-8320. The FX-8320 outputs less heat than Core i5-12600K thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-12600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.