AMD Ryzen 5 9600 vs Intel Core i7 12700K
We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 5 9600 with 6 cores 3.8GHz and Intel Core i7 12700K with 12 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD Ryzen 5 9600 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 4 months late
Higher specification of memory (5600 vs 4800)
Larger memory bandwidth (89.6GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)
Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.6GHz)
Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 25MB)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 10nm)
Lower TDP (65W vs 125W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD Ryzen 5 9600
+23%
3240
Intel Core i7 12700K
2625
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD Ryzen 5 9600
14815
Intel Core i7 12700K
14728
General Parameters
Feb 2025
Release Date
Oct 2021
Amd
Manufacturer
Intel
Desktop
Type
Desktop
x86-64
Instruction Set
x86-64
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
-
Processor Number
i7-12700K
AM5
Socket
LGA-1700
Radeon Graphics
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 770
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Generation
-
Package
4 nm
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
65 W
Power Consumption
125 W
-
Max Turbo Power Consumption
190 W
95 °C
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
TSMC
Foundry
-
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
CPU Performance
6
Performance Cores
8
12
Performance Core Threads
16
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.6 GHz
5.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
-
Efficiency Cores
4
-
Efficiency Core Threads
4
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.7 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz
6
Total Core Count
12
12
Total Thread Count
20
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
38
Multiplier
36x
80 K per core
L1 Cache
80 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
12 MB shared
32 MB shared
L3 Cache
25 MB shared
Yes
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
1
SMP
-
Memory Parameters
DDR5-5600
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
192 GB
Max Memory Size
128 GB
2
Max Memory Channels
2
89.6 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
true
Integrated Graphics
true
-
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
2200 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1500 MHz
-
Shader Units
256
-
Texture Units
16
-
Raster Operation Units
8
2
Execution Units
32
-
Power Consumption
15 W
-
Graphics Performance
0.78 TFLOPS
