Ryzen 5 6600H vs Core i5-12600H comparison
In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 6600H beats the Core i5-12600H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-12600H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12600H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 6600H. Indeed, the Core i5-12600H has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 6600H. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 6600H. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 6600H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600H. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-12600H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 6600H. The Core i5-12600H also has slightly more L3 cache.
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 6600H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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