Intel Core i7-12700H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 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

7424 points

18% slightly better overall score

6267 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9222 points

10% slightly better gaming score

8333 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6907 points

23% slightly better multitasking score

5604 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6820 points

25% slightly better heavy workload score

5431 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7238 points

27% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5664 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

194.62 points

28% slightly higher Blender score

150.92 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

133% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

3.50 GHz

52% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1120 KiB

191% significantly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB

32 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

169th of 1,089

237th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2022 April

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-12700H vs Ryzen 5 5600 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12700H performs better than the Ryzen 5 5600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12700H has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700H. Despite this, the Core i7-12700H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-12700H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5600 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-12700H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.