AMD Ryzen 5 2600 vs Intel Core i5-12600KF

Ryzen 5 2600 vs Core i5-12600KF specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12600KF beats the Ryzen 5 2600 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2600 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-12600KF has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 2600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-12600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2600. Also, the Core i5-12600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2600 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-12600KF CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 Ryzen 5 2600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.