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

Core i9-12900HK vs Ryzen 5 7600X benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-12900HK is faster than the Ryzen 5 7600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900HK has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7600X. Indeed, the Core i9-12900HK has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900HK. Also, the Ryzen 5 7600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-12900HK 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 cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-12900HK has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-12900HK.

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 i9-12900HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.