AMD Ryzen 3 5300G vs Intel Core i5 12600K

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 3 5300G with 4 cores 4.0GHz and Intel Core i5 12600K with 10 cores 3.7GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 3 5300G 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (4.0GHz vs 3.7GHz)

Lower TDP (45W vs 125W)

Intel Core i5 12600K 's Advantages

Released 6 months late

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 51.2GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (20MB vs 8MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 5300G

1311

Intel Core i5 12600K +45%

1908

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 5300G

7651

Intel Core i5 12600K +130%

17648

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 5300G

1611

Intel Core i5 12600K +58%

2548

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 5300G

5363

Intel Core i5 12600K +127%

12188

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 5300G

1462

Intel Core i5 12600K +30%

1910

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 5300G

5284

Intel Core i5 12600K +118%

11565

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 3 5300G

3004

Intel Core i5 12600K +31%

3956

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 3 5300G

12996

Intel Core i5 12600K +113%

27733

AMD Ryzen 3 5300G

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Intel Core i5 12600K

General Parameters

Apr 2021

Release Date

Oct 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Cezanne

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-12600K

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

Radeon RX Vega 6

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Package

10.7 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

45-65 W

Power Consumption

125 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

150 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

4

Performance Cores

6

8

Performance Core Threads

12

4.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

4.2 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.9 GHz

-

Efficiency Cores

4

-

Efficiency Core Threads

4

-

Efficiency Core Base Frequency

2.8 GHz

-

Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency

3.6 GHz

4

Total Core Count

10

8

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

40x

Multiplier

37x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

9728 K shared

8 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

51.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1700 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1450 MHz

384

Shader Units

256

24

Texture Units

16

8

Raster Operation Units

8

-

Execution Units

32

15 W

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

0.78 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 3 5300G

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12600K

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

24

PCIe Lanes

20

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