AMD Ryzen 5 8500G vs Intel Core i5-12600T

Compare AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 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

5521 points
5% slightly better overall score
5246 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8044 points
0.16% slightly better gaming score
8031 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4773 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
4444 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4617 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
4298 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9444 points
28% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7345 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2354 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2043 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.55 GHz
69% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 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

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
7.5 MiB
25% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
18 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

291st of 1,089
319th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 8000 Series
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 January
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 5 8500G vs Core i5-12600T benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12600T is faster than the Ryzen 5 8500G. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 8500G in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 8500G has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12600T. Also, the Ryzen 5 8500G has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12600T outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 8500G thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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 i5-12600T has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8500G. The Core i5-12600T 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 8500G has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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