AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Intel Core i5 12600K

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with 6 cores 3.9GHz 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 5600G 's Advantages

Better graphics card performance

Higher base frequency (3.9GHz 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 16MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

1434

Intel Core i5 12600K +33%

1908

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

10782

Intel Core i5 12600K +63%

17648

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

1958

Intel Core i5 12600K +30%

2548

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

8078

Intel Core i5 12600K +50%

12188

Blender

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

172

Intel Core i5 12600K +59%

275

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

1480

Intel Core i5 12600K +29%

1910

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

7532

Intel Core i5 12600K +53%

11565

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

3192

Intel Core i5 12600K +23%

3956

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

19915

Intel Core i5 12600K +39%

27733

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

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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

Zen 3 (Cezanne)

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-12600K

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

Radeon RX Vega 7

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Ryzen 5

Generation

-

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

TSMC

Foundry

-

180 mm²

Die Size

-

µOPGA-1331

Package

-

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

6

12

Performance Core Threads

12

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

4.4 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

12

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

39x

Multiplier

37x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

9728 K shared

16 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

300 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

1900 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1450 MHz

448

Shader Units

256

28

Texture Units

16

7

Raster Operation Units

8

-

Execution Units

32

10-45 W

Power Consumption

15 W

1.108 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

0.78 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 5 5600G

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12600K

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

24

PCIe Lanes

20

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