Intel Core i5-12600K vs AMD Ryzen 9 9900X

Core i5-12600K vs Ryzen 9 9900X benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 9 9900X beats the Core i5-12600K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12600K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 9900X has slightly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i5-12600K that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600K. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 9900X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600K. Also, the Ryzen 9 9900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 9900X outputs less heat than Core i5-12600K thanks to a slightly 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.