Intel Core i5-12600K vs AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 8 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

4% slightly better overall score

9048 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12057 points

10% slightly better gaming score

10935 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8581 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

8413 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8381 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

8221 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8019 points

3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

7779 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

233.94 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

225.40 points

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

17491 points

18131 points

3% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11863 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

11485 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2478 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2444 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

25% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

4.00 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

5.2 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

150 W

54 W

177% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

800 KiB

56% significantly more L1 cache

512 KiB

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

110th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November

2023 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5 (FP7r2)

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 9 7940HS specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12600K beats the Ryzen 9 7940HS in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 7940HS in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-12600K has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 9 7940HS that has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600K.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-12600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.