Product Compare

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X vs Intel Core i5 12600

	CPU AMD Ryzen 5 9600X	CPU Intel Core i5 12600
General Parameters
Release Date	Jun 2024	Jan 2022
Manufacturer	AMD	Intel
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)	Alder Lake
Integrated Graphics	Radeon Graphics	UHD Graphics 770
Generation	Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Series	Ryzen 9000 Series
Processor Number		i5-12600
Package
Manufacturing Process	4 nm	10 nm
Socket	AM5	LGA-1700
Power Consumption	65 W	65 W
Peak Operating Temperature	95 °C	100°C
Foundry	TSMC
I/O Process Size	6 nm
Package	FC-LGA1718
Max Turbo Power Consumption		117 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	6	6
Performance Core Threads	12	6
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.9 GHz	3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5.4 GHz	4.8 GHz
Total Core Count	6	6
Total Thread Count	12	12
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	39	33x
L1 Cache	80 K per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	1 MB per core	1280 K per core
L3 Cache	32 MB shared	18 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
SMP	1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-5600	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size	192 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	89.6 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	2200 MHz	1450 MHz
Execution Units	2	32
GPU Base Frequency		300 MHz
Shader Units		256
Texture Units		16
Raster Operation Units		8
Power Consumption		15 W
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	5.0
PCIe Lanes	28	20
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	2119	1853
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	16284	13367
Geekbench 6 Single Core	3331	2536
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	15031	10456
Passmark CPU Single Core	4571	3814
Passmark CPU Multi Core	29828	21246