amd ryzen 9 5900x vs intel core i5 12600kf

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We compared two CPUs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (Desktop) 12-cores against Intel Core i5 12600KF (Desktop) 10-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between AMD Ryzen 9 5900X and Intel Core i5 12600KF
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Consumes up to 16% less energy than the Intel Core i5 12600KF – 105 vs 125 Watt
  • Has 44 MB larger L3 cache size
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12600KF
  • Newer released 1 years later
  • Around 25.6 GB/s (33%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
20736
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
39713
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
14198

Specifications

Full technical specification of ryzen 9 5900x and core i5 12600kf

General

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Intel Core i5 12600KF
Vendor AMD Intel
Released October 8 2020 October 27 2021
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Vermeer Alder Lake, Golden Cove, Gracemont
Socket AM4 FCLGA1700
Integrated GPU -

Performance

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Intel Core i5 12600KF
Cores 12 10
Threads 24 16
Base Frequency 3.7 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.8 GHz 4.9 GHz
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 512K (per core) 1.25 MB (per core)
L3 Cache 64 MB 20 MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Power

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Intel Core i5 12600KF
Fabrication process 7 nm Intel 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 105 W 125 W
Max. temperature °C 100°C

Memory support

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Intel Core i5 12600KF
Memory types DDR4-3200 DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.196 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

iGPU

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Intel Core i5 12600KF
Integrated Graphics -

Misc

AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Intel Core i5 12600KF
Official site AMD Ryzen 9 5900X official page Intel Core i5 12600KF official page
PCI Express Version 4
PCI Express Lanes 20

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i5 12600KF or AMD Ryzen 9 5900X?