Intel Core i5 12500 vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core i5 12500, vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600H. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core i5 12500 and AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
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)
Intel Core i5 12500
1810
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
1458
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 12500
12528
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
10226
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 12500
3676
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
3178
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 12500
19866
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
18675
Integer Math61.8 GOps/s64.9 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math48.1 GOps/s36.7 GOps/s
Prime Number Search73 M primes/s52 M primes/s
Random String Sort23.5 M strings/s23.9 M strings/s
Data Encryption12.1 GB/s14.3 GB/s
Data Compression239.9 MB/s230.4 MB/s
Physics1182 frames/s893 frames/s
Extended Instructions161 M matrices/s159 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 12500
2469
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
1954
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 12500
10163
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
8529
File Compression795 MB/s857 MB/s
Clang Compilation71.5 KLines/s62.5 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser237.9 pages/s169.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering263.4 MP/sec223.8 MP/sec
Text Processing242.7 pages/s208.8 pages/s
Background Blur52.4 frames/s41.6 frames/s
Photo Processing91.2 frames/s73.7 frames/s
Ray Tracing16.5 MP/sec14.8 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core i5 12500
172.6
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
132.39

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 156.4 PPW 189.5 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 305.6 PPW 415 PPW
Blender / W 2.66 PPW 2.94 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced January, 4, 2022 January, 4, 2022
Type PC use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Model number i5-12500 n/a
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Radeon 660M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Frequency 3 GHz 3.3 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.6 GHz 4.5 GHz
General
Cores count66
Threads count1212
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier30x33x
L1 cache80 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache1280 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache18 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 10 nm 6 nm
Power (TDP) 65 W 45 W
Max TDP (Boost) 117 W n/a
Socket LGA-1700 FP7
Critical temp. 100 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Max Size 128 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes No
Max memory bandwidth 76.8 GB 76.8 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 20

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