AMD Ryzen 5 3500X vs Intel Core i5 12600K

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 3500X with 6 cores 3.6GHz 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 5 3500X 's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 20MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 125W)

Intel Core i5 12600K 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 1 months late

Integrated graphics card

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 4)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.6GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

1166

Intel Core i5 12600K +63%

1908

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

6717

Intel Core i5 12600K +162%

17648

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

1650

Intel Core i5 12600K +54%

2548

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

6523

Intel Core i5 12600K +86%

12188

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

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Intel Core i5 12600K

General Parameters

Sep 2019

Release Date

Oct 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

-

Instruction Set

x86-64

Matisse

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-12600K

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Ryzen 5 (Zen 2 (Matisse))

Generation

-

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AMD Socket AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

65 W

Power Consumption

125 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

150 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

TSMC

Foundry

-

74 mm²

Die Size

-

12 nm

I/O Process Size

-

124 mm²

I/O Die Size

-

µOPGA-1331

Package

-

CPU Performance

-

Performance Cores

6

-

Performance Core Threads

12

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

4.1 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

6

Total Core Count

10

6

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36.0

Multiplier

37x

64 KB per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 KB per core

L2 Cache

9728 K shared

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

20 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

1

SMP

-

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

-

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

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1450 MHz

-

Shader Units

256

-

Texture Units

16

-

Raster Operation Units

8

-

Execution Units

32

-

Power Consumption

15 W

1.18 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.78 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 3500X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12600K

4

PCIe Version

5.0

24

PCIe Lanes

20

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