Intel Core i7-12650HX vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600

Core i7-12650HX vs Ryzen 5 9600 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12650HX beats the Ryzen 5 9600 in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12650HX has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 9600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 9600 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12650HX. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-12650HX CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 9600 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-12650HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 9600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-12650HX.

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 i7-12650HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.