AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D vs Intel Core i5-12600HX

Compare AMD 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

7478 points
7962 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10030 points
1% slightly better gaming score
9881 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6652 points
7422 points
11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6441 points
7289 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

199.09 points
20% slightly higher Blender score
164.70 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

4.00 GHz
60% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
9 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

96 MiB
433% significantly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

173rd of 1,105
157th of 1,105

Family

The product line

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12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

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Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

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Yes

Ryzen 5 7500X3D vs Core i5-12600HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12600HX is faster than the Ryzen 5 7500X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7500X3D has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12600HX has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7500X3D. Indeed, the Core i5-12600HX has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7500X3D. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7500X3D. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7500X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600HX. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-12600HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7500X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7500X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-12600HX.

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 7500X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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