Intel Core i9-12900T vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 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

6632 points
3% slightly better overall score
6416 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7128 points
8665 points
21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6506 points
14% slightly better multitasking score
5694 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6504 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score
5516 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

188.94 points
35% slightly higher Blender score
139.36 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11628 points
45% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7974 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2268 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2039 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
166% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
100% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.38 GHz
4.59 GHz
232% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

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

1280 KiB
233% 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

30 MiB
87% significantly more L3 cache
16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

214th of 1,089
225th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
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

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i9-12900T vs Ryzen 5 5600GT benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-12900T is faster than the Ryzen 5 5600GT. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600GT has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-12900T has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 5600GT has 6 cores. 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 i9-12900T. Despite this, the Core i9-12900T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-12900T CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5600GT CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-12900T has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600GT. The Core i9-12900T also has significantly more L3 cache.

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

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