AMD Ryzen 5 7600 vs Intel Core i5-12600HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 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

8046 points
1% slightly better overall score
7962 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10893 points
10% slightly better gaming score
9881 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7125 points
7422 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6898 points
7289 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

199.23 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

3.80 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
55 W
18% slightly 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

6 MiB
9 MiB
49% 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

153rd of 1,105
157th of 1,105

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 January
2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 5 7600 vs Core i5-12600HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7600 is faster than the Core i5-12600HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12600HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-12600HX has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600HX. Also, the Ryzen 5 7600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12600HX outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 7600 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-12600HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 7600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600 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 7600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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