AMD Ryzen 9 5950X vs Intel Core i5 12600

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We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X with 16 cores 3.4GHz and Intel Core i5 12600 with 6 cores 3.3GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.4GHz vs 3.3GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (64MB vs 18MB)

Intel Core i5 12600 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 3 months late

Integrated graphics card

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

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Lower TDP (65W vs 105W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

1684

Intel Core i5 12600 +10%

1865

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +112%

28782

Intel Core i5 12600

13559

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

2218

Intel Core i5 12600 +14%

2536

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +32%

13903

Intel Core i5 12600

10456

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +1%

1819

Intel Core i5 12600

1793

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +117%

18397

Intel Core i5 12600

8457

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

3471

Intel Core i5 12600 +9%

3814

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X +114%

45659

Intel Core i5 12600

21246

AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

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Intel Core i5 12600

General Parameters

Oct 2020

Release Date

Jan 2022

Amd

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 3 (Vermeer)

Core Architecture

Alder Lake

-

Processor Number

i5-12600

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

No

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Package

4.15 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

105 W

Power Consumption

65 W

-

Max Turbo Power Consumption

117 W

95°C

Peak Operating Temperature

100°C

CPU Performance

16

Performance Cores

6

32

Performance Core Threads

6

3.4 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.3 GHz

4.9 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.8 GHz

16

Total Core Count

6

32

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

34x

Multiplier

33x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

80 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

64 MB shared

L3 Cache

18 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 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 5950X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12600

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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