AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Intel Core i5-12600

Ryzen 7 5800X vs Core i5-12600 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12600 performs better than the Ryzen 7 5800X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800X has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 5800X has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12600. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 5800X has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12600. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5800X 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 5800X 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 5800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.