Intel Core i7-12800H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 14 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

5807 points
6416 points
10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7291 points
8665 points
18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5382 points
5694 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5311 points
5516 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

172.49 points
23% slightly higher Blender score
139.36 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
133% 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

2.4 GHz
4.59 GHz
91% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 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

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1120 KiB
191% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

267th of 1,089
225th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i7-12800H vs Ryzen 5 5600GT benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12800H beats the Ryzen 5 5600GT in overall performance. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600GT has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12800H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600GT. Indeed, the Core i7-12800H has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600GT. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600GT. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600GT has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800H. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-12800H has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600GT. The Core i7-12800H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-12800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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