Ryzen 7 3800X vs Core i5-12600 benchmarks
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12600 performs better than the Ryzen 7 3800X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 3800X in all gaming tests too.
With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 3800X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-12600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 3800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600. Despite this, the Core i5-12600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12600 outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 3800X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.
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 3800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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