AMD Ryzen 7 7700 vs Intel Core i5 12600K

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 7700, vs Intel Core i5 12600K. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 7700 and Intel Core i5 12600K
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
1930
Intel Core i5 12600K
1886
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
18760
Intel Core i5 12600K
17333
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
115
Intel Core i5 12600K
109
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
1051
Intel Core i5 12600K
968
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
4063
Intel Core i5 12600K
3930
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
34489
Intel Core i5 12600K
27636
Integer Math110.7 GOps/s87.8 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math66.3 GOps/s67.3 GOps/s
Prime Number Search206 M primes/s92 M primes/s
Random String Sort124.9 M strings/s35.7 M strings/s
Data Encryption23.9 GB/s18.5 GB/s
Data Compression405.9 MB/s344.4 MB/s
Physics1982 frames/s1526 frames/s
Extended Instructions1259 M matrices/s22 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
2918
Intel Core i5 12600K
2547
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
15543
Intel Core i5 12600K
12200
File Compression1630 MB/s822.6 MB/s
Clang Compilation123.1 KLines/s98.7 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser317.5 pages/s261.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering441.8 MP/sec347.9 MP/sec
Text Processing305.3 pages/s258.5 pages/s
Background Blur68.9 frames/s58.9 frames/s
Photo Processing115.5 frames/s103.5 frames/s
Ray Tracing25.5 MP/sec22.8 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 7700
276.07
Intel Core i5 12600K
234.96

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 239.1 PPW 97.6 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 530.6 PPW 221.1 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 16.2 PPW 7.7 PPW
Blender / W 4.25 PPW 1.88 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced January, 10, 2023 October, 27, 2021
Type PC use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Raphael) Alder Lake
Model number 7700 i5-12600K
Integrated GPU Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) UHD Graphics 770

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 6
Threads 16 12
Frequency 3.8 GHz 3.7 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.3 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a4
Threadsn/a4
Frequencyn/a2.8 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a3.6 GHz
General
Cores count810
Threads count1616
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier38x37x
L1 cache64 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core9728 KB/core
L3 Cache32 MB total20 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Package

Transistor count 6.57 billion n/a
Process tech. 5 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 125 W
Max TDP (Boost) 142 W 150 W
Socket AM5 LGA-1700
Critical temp. 95 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-5200 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max Size 128 GB 128 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes Yes
Max memory bandwidth 73.4 GB 76.8 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 5.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 20

Results

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