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

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

9948 points

10155 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12699 points

16% slightly better gaming score

10880 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9060 points

9947 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8845 points

9902 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7997 points

9570 points

19% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

226.61 points

290.59 points

28% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12301 points

13326 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2520 points

2592 points

2% 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

92nd of 1,089

85th of 1,089

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

Core i5-12600KF vs Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 is faster than the Core i5-12600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-12600KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12600KF. Indeed, the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 has 12 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-12600KF. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-12600KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370.

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.