AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i5-12450H

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 8 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

6413 points
22% slightly better overall score
5248 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8715 points
11% slightly better gaming score
7843 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5671 points
26% slightly better multitasking score
4484 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5491 points
26% slightly better heavy workload score
4327 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5675 points
7% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5258 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

155.16 points
36% slightly higher Blender score
113.50 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

11838 points
29% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
9134 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
85% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
640 KiB
66% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

226th of 1,089
318th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
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
No

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Core i5-12450H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 5600X performs better than the Core i5-12450H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12450H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12450H has slightly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Indeed, the Core i5-12450H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5600X. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450H. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12450H outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 5600X 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 Ryzen 5 5600X has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-12450H. The Ryzen 5 5600X 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 5600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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