AMD Ryzen 3 2300X vs Intel Core i5-12600K

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 10 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

2740 points

9422 points

243% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5046 points

12057 points

138% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2093 points

8581 points

309% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2009 points

8381 points

317% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

37.81 points

233.94 points

518% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3074 points

11486 points

273% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

992 points

2357 points

137% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3341 points

11863 points

255% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1214 points

2478 points

104% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

150% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

300% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz

3.7 GHz

5% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

4.9 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

130% significantly lower TDP

150 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

800 KiB

108% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB

20 MiB

150% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

582nd of 1,089

103rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 October

2021 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 3 2300X vs Core i5-12600K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12600K performs better than the Ryzen 3 2300X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 2300X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-12600K has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 2300X has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 2300X. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 2300X. Also, the Core i5-12600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 2300X CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-12600K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. For instance, the Ryzen 3 2300X has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.