Intel Core i5-12600T vs AMD EPYC 74F3

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD 9 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5246 points
5669 points
8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8031 points
12% slightly better gaming score
7130 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4444 points
5211 points
17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4298 points
5104 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Core i5-12600T and the EPYC 74F3? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7345 points
12689 points
72% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2043 points
42% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1438 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
9
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
18
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3.19 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
585% significantly lower TDP
240 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

480 KiB
576 KiB
20% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7.5 MiB
66% significantly more L2 cache
4.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
32 MiB
77% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

319th of 1,089
278th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
-

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2021 March

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
-

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

Core i5-12600T vs EPYC 74F3 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the EPYC 74F3 is faster than the Core i5-12600T. Despite this, the Core i5-12600T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the EPYC 74F3 has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12600T. Indeed, the EPYC 74F3 has 9 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12600T. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600T. With our hardware info, we find that the EPYC 74F3 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12600T. A Core i5-12600T CPU outputs less heat than a EPYC 74F3 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-12600T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the EPYC 74F3. Despite this, the EPYC 74F3 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-12600T.

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

Comments

No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.

Keep comments on topic and be polite. Comments are subject to moderation before they are published.

Popular CPU Comparisons