Intel Core i5-12600T vs AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX

Core i5-12600T vs Ryzen 9 9955HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 9955HX is faster than the Core i5-12600T. Despite this, the Core i5-12600T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 9955HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i5-12600T that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600T. Also, the Ryzen 9 9955HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-12600T CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 9955HX CPU because of its significantly 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 Ryzen 9 9955HX has more L2 cache than the Core i5-12600T. The Ryzen 9 9955HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.