AMD Ryzen 5 7600 vs Intel Core i7-12700T

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 6 core CPU vs Intel 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

8351 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10893 points

0.51% slightly better gaming score

10838 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7125 points

7548 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6898 points

7300 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

199.23 points

224.34 points

12% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12203 points

27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

9560 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2751 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2256 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.80 GHz

171% significantly higher clock speed

1.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

4.7 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

35 W

85% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

12 MiB

100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

28% slightly more L3 cache

25 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

147th of 1,089

132nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5

12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 January

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 5 7600 vs Core i7-12700T specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 5 7600 performs better than the Core i7-12700T. Despite this, the Core i7-12700T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12700T has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7600 that 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 i7-12700T. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-12700T has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-12700T.

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.