AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs Intel Core i5-12600H

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 4000 G-Series Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 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

5232 points
5581 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7191 points
8519 points
18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4599 points
4741 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4451 points
4582 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

122.88 points
163.57 points
33% slightly higher Blender score

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

3.7 GHz
37% slightly higher clock speed
2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
4.5 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% 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
4 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
18 MiB
125% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

322nd of 1,089
286th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 4000 G-Series Desktop
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 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 4600G vs Core i5-12600H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12600H performs better than the Ryzen 5 4600G. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 4600G in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12600H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 4600G. Indeed, the Core i5-12600H has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 4600G. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 4600G. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 4600G has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600H. Despite this, the Core i5-12600H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12600H outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 4600G 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 i5-12600H has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 4600G. The Core i5-12600H 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 Ryzen 5 4600G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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