AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i5-12500T

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

6410 points

33% slightly better overall score

4814 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8714 points

24% slightly better gaming score

7022 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5668 points

36% slightly better multitasking score

4142 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5488 points

37% slightly better heavy workload score

3986 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

155.16 points

32% slightly higher Blender score

116.85 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8665 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7554 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2110 points

2155 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

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

35 W

85% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB

480 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB

7.5 MiB

150% 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

226th of 1,089

365th 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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 5 5600X vs Core i5-12500T specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 5600X is faster than the Core i5-12500T. Despite this, the Core i5-12500T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12500T. Also, the Ryzen 5 5600X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12500T 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 Core i5-12500T has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5600X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-12500T.

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 5600X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.