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Intel Core i7 12700K vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

64 out of 100
Intel Core i7 12700K
VS
48 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Intel Core i7 12700K
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.6 GHz Intel Core i7 12700K with 12-cores against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5600X with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments (1)

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
75.8
(Good)
Value Index
48.0
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5600X and 12700K
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12700K
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Around 25.6 GB/s (50%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • 21% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2627 vs 2173 points
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 7 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 12700K
vs
Ryzen 5 5600X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Core i7 12700K +106%
1203
Ryzen 5 5600X
583
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 597 459
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4728 2477
Cinebench Scores (#110th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i7 12700K +21%
2627
Ryzen 5 5600X
2173
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12700K +61%
14714
Ryzen 5 5600X
9135
File compression 1230 MB/sec 954.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 122.3 Klines/sec 66.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 382.6 pages/sec 169 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 374.5 Mpixels/sec 245 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 267.6 pages/sec 213.5 pages/sec
Background blur 55.9 images/sec 47.2 images/sec
Photo processing 98.2 images/sec 68.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 29.6 Mpixels/sec 16 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 731 & 1003 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 12700K +19%
4003
Ryzen 5 5600X
3366
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12700K +57%
34256
Ryzen 5 5600X
21824
Integer math 114.3 GOps/sec 70.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math 87.9 GOps/sec 39.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 112M Primes/sec 135M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 45.8M Strings/sec 26.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 23.4 GBytes/sec 15.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 445.1 MBytes/sec 252.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 1773 Frames/sec 1307 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.8B Matrices/sec 17B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 11963 & 35079 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 12700K +98%
309.16
Ryzen 5 5600X
156.48

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 9.6 PPW 9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 117.7 PPW 140.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 274 PPW 335.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.47 PPW 2.41 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 12700K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-14 (Melvin Tejada)Cinebench 2026597 / 4728
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-08 (Myla)Cinebench 2026555 / 3917
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-04 (sisham)Cinebench 2024100 / 635
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-22 (Ray)Cinebench 2024115 / 1305
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-19 (Zach Jones)Cinebench 2024114 / 1231
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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (CTB)Cinebench 2026497 / 2892
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-17 (dolip)Cinebench 2026459 / 2477
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-07 (Skull)Cinebench 202493 / 592
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-24 (Suhail Alharbi)Geekbench 6 CPU2174 / 9054
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-24 (Suhail Alharbi)Cinebench 202490 / 583
Add View all (20)

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12700K and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released October 27, 2021 October 8, 2020
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Model number i7-12700K -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5800X - Intel Core i5 11600K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus - AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
Intel CPU rating (#69th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#124th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.6 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 4.6 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 2.7 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 6
Total Threads 20 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 36x 37x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 12MB (shared) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 25MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 190 W 88 W
Socket LGA-1700 AM4
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (69th and 119th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 -
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz -
Shading Units 256 -
TMUs 16 -
ROPs 8 -
Execution Units 32 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 12700K
0.8 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 5600X
n/a
See: Intel UHD Graphics 770 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 12700K official page AMD Ryzen 5 5600X official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X or Intel Core i7 12700K?
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Kenji February 25, 2023 at 08:56 AM
Tried them both but had some issues with the amd motherboard so returned it and went with the Intel and noticed the huge difference in game play smoothness. Core i7 wins it with me.
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