Intel Core i5-12600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Price

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$ 184.46

$ 135.32

$ 49.14 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9422 points

50% significantly better overall score

6267 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12057 points

44% significantly better gaming score

8333 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8581 points

53% significantly better multitasking score

5604 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8381 points

54% significantly better heavy workload score

5431 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8019 points

41% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5664 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

233.94 points

55% significantly higher Blender score

150.92 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11486 points

37% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

8330 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2357 points

19% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1980 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11863 points

37% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

8600 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2478 points

20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2052 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

3.50 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

11% slightly higher turbo speed

4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

150 W

65 W

130% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

32 MiB

60% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

102nd of 1,089

237th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November

2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-12600K vs Ryzen 5 5600 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12600K performs better than the Ryzen 5 5600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600 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 Ryzen 5 5600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 5600. Also, the Core i5-12600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 5600 outputs less heat than Core i5-12600K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.