AMD Ryzen Z1 vs Intel Core i5-12600H

Compare AMD Ryzen Z1 6 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

5874 points
5% slightly better overall score
5581 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8265 points
8519 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5178 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
4741 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5019 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
4582 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

133.44 points
163.57 points
22% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.20 GHz
18% slightly higher clock speed
2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

28 W
60% significantly lower TDP
45 W

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

6 MiB
49% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

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

261st of 1,089
286th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Z1
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

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No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

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No

Ryzen Z1 vs Core i5-12600H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Z1 beats the Core i5-12600H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-12600H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-12600H has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen Z1 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen Z1. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Z1 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600H. Also, the Ryzen Z1 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen Z1 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-12600H CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-12600H. Despite this, the Core i5-12600H has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen Z1.

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 Z1 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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