Intel Core i9-12900H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 14 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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

8158 points

8583 points

5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10256 points

11637 points

13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7544 points

7604 points

0.80% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7441 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

7365 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7534 points

7% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6996 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.04 points

0.29% slightly higher Blender score

208.44 points

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

19648 points

26% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

15510 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

2.5 GHz

4.70 GHz

88% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

5.3 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

133% significantly lower TDP

105 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

142nd of 1,089

121st of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-12900H vs Ryzen 5 7600X specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900H performs better than the Ryzen 5 7600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-12900H has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7600X has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900H. Also, the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-12900H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 7600X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-12900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.