AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D vs Intel Core i5-12600H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9000 Series 16 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 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

16302 points
192% significantly better overall score
5581 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

14590 points
71% significantly better gaming score
8519 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

16961 points
257% significantly better multitasking score
4741 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

17329 points
278% significantly better heavy workload score
4582 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

643.21 points
293% significantly higher Blender score
163.57 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
33% slightly more cores
12

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
100% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.3 GHz
59% significantly higher clock speed
2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.7 GHz
26% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

170 W
45 W
277% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1280 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache
960 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

16 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

128 MiB
611% significantly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

14th of 1,089
286th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9000 Series
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 March
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 9 9950X3D vs Core i5-12600H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D is faster than the Core i5-12600H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12600H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12600H. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i5-12600H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600H. Also, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12600H outputs less heat than Ryzen 9 9950X3D 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 Ryzen 9 9950X3D has more L2 cache than the Core i5-12600H. The Ryzen 9 9950X3D also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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