Intel Core i7-12700KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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AMD Ryzen 5 7600

Price

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$ 229.97

$ 190.07

$ 39.90 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

11376 points

41% slightly better overall score

8046 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13117 points

20% slightly better gaming score

10893 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10800 points

51% significantly better multitasking score

7125 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10658 points

54% significantly better heavy workload score

6898 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10063 points

52% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

6614 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

304.09 points

52% significantly higher Blender score

199.23 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13015 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

11709 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2418 points

2649 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13490 points

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

12203 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2520 points

2751 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

3.80 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

5.1 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

190 W

65 W

192% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

960 KiB

150% significantly more L1 cache

384 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

32 MiB

28% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

62nd of 1,089

147th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November

2023 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Core i7-12700KF vs Ryzen 5 7600 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700KF beats the Ryzen 5 7600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7600 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12700KF has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700KF. Also, the Ryzen 5 7600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 5 7600 outputs less heat than Core i7-12700KF thanks to a 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 i7-12700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.