Intel Core i5-12600K vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

Core i5-12600K vs Ryzen 9 8945HS benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12600K performs better than the Ryzen 9 8945HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8945HS in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12600K has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 9 8945HS. Indeed, the Core i5-12600K has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 9 8945HS. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600K.

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.