AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs Intel Core i5-12600T

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 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

5158 points
5246 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6248 points
8031 points
28% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4785 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
4444 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4674 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
4298 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

5518 points
7345 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1116 points
2043 points
83% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
4.6 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed

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

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
60% significantly more L1 cache
480 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
7.5 MiB
87% significantly 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

332nd of 1,089
319th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 7 2700 vs Core i5-12600T benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12600T is faster than the Ryzen 7 2700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 2700 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 7 2700 has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-12600T that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600T. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 2700 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12600T. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-12600T has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 2700. 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 7 2700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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