Intel Core i5-12600K vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series 12 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

10177 points

8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12045 points

10% slightly better gaming score

10941 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8580 points

9957 points

16% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8380 points

9910 points

18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8019 points

9570 points

19% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

233.94 points

290.59 points

24% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11863 points

13326 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2478 points

2592 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

20% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz

85% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

5.1 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

150 W

28 W

435% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB

24 MiB

20% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

106th of 1,118

88th of 1,118

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Ryzen AI 300 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5

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 AI 9 HX 370 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 performs better than the Core i5-12600K. Despite this, the Core i5-12600K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has slightly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i5-12600K has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-12600K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370. Despite this, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 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.

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.