Intel Core i5-12600K vs AMD FX-8350

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-8350

Price

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$ 184.46

$ 164.99

$ 19.47 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9422 points

258% significantly better overall score

2626 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12057 points

211% significantly better gaming score

3873 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8581 points

285% significantly better multitasking score

2226 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8381 points

292% significantly better heavy workload score

2136 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8019 points

499% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

1338 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

233.94 points

404% significantly higher Blender score

46.35 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11486 points

466% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2027 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2357 points

378% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

493 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11863 points

496% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1989 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2478 points

407% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

488 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

4 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

4.2 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

605th 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-8350 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12600K beats the FX-8350 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the FX-8350 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-12600K has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the FX-8350 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the FX-8350. Our comparison shows that the FX-8350 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600K.

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 i5-12600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.