AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs Intel Core i7-1260P

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

6267 points
41% slightly better overall score
4429 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8333 points
33% slightly better gaming score
6220 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5604 points
42% slightly better multitasking score
3928 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5431 points
41% slightly better heavy workload score
3833 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5664 points
26% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
4486 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

150.92 points
31% slightly higher Blender score
114.47 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

3.50 GHz
66% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.7 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
28 W
132% 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

32 MiB
77% significantly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

237th of 1,089
398th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 April
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 5600 vs Core i7-1260P comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-1260P is faster than the Ryzen 5 5600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5600 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-1260P has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600. Indeed, the Core i7-1260P has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-1260P. Despite this, the Core i7-1260P has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-1260P outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 5600 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 i7-1260P has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600 has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-1260P.

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. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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