AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Core i7-1270P

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 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

5119 points
5276 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6906 points
7506 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4555 points
4632 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4415 points
4500 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

136.91 points
18% slightly higher Blender score
115.33 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz
72% significantly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.8 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

95 W
28 W
239% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
960 KiB
150% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
9 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
77% significantly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

336th of 1,089
313th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 July
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 5 3600X vs Core i7-1270P benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 3600X performs better than the Core i7-1270P. Despite this, the Core i7-1270P has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-1270P has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 3600X. Indeed, the Core i7-1270P has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 3600X. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 3600X. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 3600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1270P. Despite this, the Core i7-1270P has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-1270P outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 3600X thanks to a 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 i7-1270P has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 3600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 3600X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-1270P.

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 3600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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