Intel Core i5 12600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600X3D
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2021
Oct 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Processor Number
i5-12600K
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Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 770
Radeon Graphics
Generation
-
Zen 5 (Granite Ridge)
Series
-
Ryzen 9000 Series
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-1700
AM5
Power Consumption
125 W
120 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
150 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95 °C
Foundry
-
TSMC
I/O Process Size
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6 nm
Package
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FC-LGA1718
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
6
Performance Core Threads
12
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.7 GHz
3.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
5.2 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
-
Efficiency Core Threads
4
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.8 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.6 GHz
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Total Core Count
10
6
Total Thread Count
16
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
37x
38
L1 Cache
80 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
9728 K shared
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
20 MB shared
102 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
DDR5-5600
Max Memory Size
128 GB
192 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1450 MHz
2200 MHz
Shader Units
256
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Texture Units
16
-
Raster Operation Units
8
-
Execution Units
32
2
Power Consumption
15 W
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Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,908
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Cinebench R23
17,648
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Geekbench 6
2,548
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Geekbench 6
12,188
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Blender
278
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Passmark CPU
3,956
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Passmark CPU
27,733
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