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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 vs Intel Core i5 12600

	CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600	CPU Intel Core i5 12600
General Parameters
Release Date	Jul 2019	Jan 2022
Manufacturer	AMD	Intel
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Matisse	Alder Lake
Integrated Graphics	N/A	UHD Graphics 770
Processor Number		i5-12600
Package
Transistor Count	3.8 billions
Manufacturing Process	7 nm	10 nm
Socket	AM4	LGA-1700
Power Consumption	65 W	65 W
Peak Operating Temperature	95 °C	100°C
Max Turbo Power Consumption		117 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	6	6
Performance Core Threads	12	6
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.6 GHz	3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.2 GHz	4.8 GHz
Total Core Count	6	6
Total Thread Count	12	12
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	36x	33x
L1 Cache	64 K per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	512 K per core	1280 K per core
L3 Cache	32 MB shared	18 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-3200	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size	128 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	51.2 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	Yes
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	4.0	5.0
PCIe Lanes	16	20
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
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1269	1853
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	9245	13367
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1640	2536
Geekbench 5 Single Core	1240	1793
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	7084	10456
Geekbench 5 Multi Core	7078	8457
Blender	155	180
Passmark CPU Single Core	2565	3814
Passmark CPU Multi Core	17685	21246