Intel Core i7-12700T vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Compare Intel 12 core CPU vs AMD 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

8351 points
8673 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10838 points
12393 points
14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7548 points
0.67% slightly better multitasking score
7498 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7300 points
0.76% slightly better heavy workload score
7245 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

224.34 points
233.29 points
3% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9560 points
14957 points
56% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2256 points
3338 points
47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
100% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
66% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.4 GHz
3.9 GHz
178% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
5.4 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
85% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

960 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache
480 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
6 MiB

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

132nd of 1,089
118th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 9000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i7-12700T vs Ryzen 5 9600X specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 9600X beats the Core i7-12700T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12700T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12700T has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Indeed, the Core i7-12700T has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 9600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600X. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 9600X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12700T. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-12700T has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 9600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-12700T.

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

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