Intel Core i5-12600KF vs AMD Ryzen 7 6800H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 Mobile 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

9948 points
51% significantly better overall score
6551 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12699 points
58% significantly better gaming score
7993 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9060 points
48% significantly better multitasking score
6082 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8845 points
48% significantly better heavy workload score
5955 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7997 points
18% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6757 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

226.61 points
27% slightly higher Blender score
177.81 points
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12253 points
39% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
8754 points
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2468 points
34% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
1836 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12301 points
38% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
8862 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2520 points
36% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1847 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
15% slightly higher clock speed
3.20 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 GHz

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
4
100% significantly more memory channels

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
25% slightly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

92nd of 1,089
217th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7 Mobile

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

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Core i5-12600KF vs Ryzen 7 6800H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12600KF is faster than the Ryzen 7 6800H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 6800H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-12600KF has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 6800H that has 8 cores. 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 6800H. Also, the Core i5-12600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 6800H outputs less heat than Core i5-12600KF thanks to a significantly 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 i5-12600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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