Intel Core i5-12600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 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

9422 points
33% slightly better overall score
7040 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12057 points
25% slightly better gaming score
9593 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8581 points
37% slightly better multitasking score
6234 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8381 points
39% slightly better heavy workload score
6029 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

233.94 points
49% significantly higher Blender score
156.82 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
66% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
4.30 GHz
16% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

150 W
45 W
233% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

102nd of 1,089
189th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i5-12600K vs Ryzen 5 8645HS comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12600K beats the Ryzen 5 8645HS in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 8645HS in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12600K has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 8645HS. Indeed, the Core i5-12600K has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 8645HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8645HS. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 8645HS has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12600K. Also, the Ryzen 5 8645HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 8645HS 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.

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