Intel Core i5-12600T vs AMD Ryzen 5 7640U

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7000 Series 6 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

5246 points
5252 points
0.11% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8031 points
11% slightly better gaming score
7216 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4444 points
4621 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4298 points
4465 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7345 points
8481 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2043 points
2104 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
3.50 GHz
66% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4.9 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
28 W
25% slightly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7.5 MiB
25% slightly more L2 cache
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

319th of 1,089
317th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2023 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i5-12600T vs Ryzen 5 7640U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12600T is faster than the Ryzen 5 7640U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7640U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 7640U has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12600T. Also, the Ryzen 5 7640U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7640U outputs less heat than Core i5-12600T thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-12600T has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7640U. The Core i5-12600T also has slightly more L3 cache.

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

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