AMD Ryzen 9 5900 vs Intel Core i5 12600K

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5900 with 12 cores 3.0GHz 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 9 5900 's Advantages

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 20MB)

Lower TDP (65W vs 125W)

Intel Core i5 12600K 's Advantages

Released 9 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 4.0)

Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

1591

Intel Core i5 12600K +19%

1908

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +17%

20814

Intel Core i5 12600K

17648

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

2080

Intel Core i5 12600K +22%

2548

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

9774

Intel Core i5 12600K +24%

12188

Blender

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

256

Intel Core i5 12600K +7%

275

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

1715

Intel Core i5 12600K +11%

1910

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +12%

13017

Intel Core i5 12600K

11565

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

3447

Intel Core i5 12600K +14%

3956

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5900 +24%

34510

Intel Core i5 12600K

27733

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

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Intel Core i5 12600K

General Parameters

Jan 2021

Release Date

Oct 2021

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Vermeer

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-12600K

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Package

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

65 W

Power Consumption

125 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

150 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

12

Performance Cores

6

24

Performance Core Threads

12

3.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.7 GHz

4.7 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

12

Total Core Count

10

24

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

30x

Multiplier

37x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

9728 K shared

32 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

Yes

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

-

Graphics Performance

0.78 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 9 5900

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12600K

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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