Intel Core i5-12600KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs AMD 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D

Price

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$ 169.09

$ 160.90 significantly less expensive

$ 329.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9948 points

42% slightly better overall score

6994 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12699 points

54% significantly better gaming score

8202 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9060 points

37% slightly better multitasking score

6575 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8845 points

37% slightly better heavy workload score

6440 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7997 points

18% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6750 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

226.61 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

187.18 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12301 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

10106 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2520 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1922 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

3% slightly higher clock speed

3.58 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

19% slightly higher turbo speed

4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

150 W

105 W

42% much 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

96 MiB

380% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

92nd of 1,089

194th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November

2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Core i5-12600KF vs Ryzen 7 5700X3D comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12600KF performs better than the Ryzen 7 5700X3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5700X3D in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12600KF has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 7 5700X3D. Indeed, the Core i5-12600KF has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 5700X3D. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 7 5700X3D.

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 i5-12600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.