Intel Core i5 12600KF vs AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2021
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Rembrandt
Processor Number
i5-12600KF
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Integrated Graphics
No
Radeon 680M
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
6 nm
Socket
LGA-1700
FP7
Power Consumption
125 W
45 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
150 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
8
Performance Core Threads
12
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.7 GHz
3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
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Efficiency Core Threads
4
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Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.8 GHz
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Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.6 GHz
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Total Core Count
10
8
Total Thread Count
16
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
37x
33x
L1 Cache
80 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
9728 K shared
512 K per core
L3 Cache
20 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
DDR5-5200, LPDDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
128 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
20
20
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
—
true
GPU Base Frequency
—
2000 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
2400 MHz
Shader Units
—
768
Texture Units
—
48
Raster Operation Units
—
32
Execution Units
—
12
Power Consumption
—
15 W
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,908
1,669
Cinebench R23
17,648
14,711
Geekbench 6
2,597
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Geekbench 5
1,839
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Geekbench 6
12,937
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Geekbench 5
11,626
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Cinebench 2024
105
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Cinebench 2024
909
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Blender
273
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Passmark CPU
3,934
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Passmark CPU
27,408
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.