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

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

9418 points
2% slightly better overall score
9222 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12045 points
6% slightly better gaming score
11293 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8580 points
0.48% slightly better multitasking score
8539 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8380 points
0.43% slightly better heavy workload score
8344 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8019 points
4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7691 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

233.94 points
10% slightly higher Blender score
212.59 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11863 points
3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
11517 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2478 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2372 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
25% slightly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

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
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

106th of 1,118
110th of 1,118

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 9

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 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. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 8945HS 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.

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.

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