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AMD Ryzen 5 6600H vs Intel Core i5-12600H

AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

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The AMD Ryzen 5 6600H is a processor for big (gaming) laptops based of the Rembrandt generation. The R5 6600H integrates six of the eight cores based on the Zen 3+ microarchitecture. They are clocked at 3.3 (guaranteed base clock) to 4.5 GHz (Turbo) and support SMT / Hyperthreading (12 threads). The chip is manufactured on the modern 6 nm TSMC process. 

The new Zen 3+ is a refresh of the Zen 3 architecture and should not offer a lot of changes. The chip itself however, offers a lot of new features, like support for USB 4 (40 Gbps), PCI-E Gen 4, DDR5-4800MT/s or LPDDR5-6400MT/s, WiFi 6E, Bluetooth LE 5.2, DisplayPort 2, and AV1 decode.

In the 6000 series, AMD finally switched to the current RDNA 2 graphics architecture for the iGPU. The 6600H only offers the slower Radeon 660M with 6 of the 12 CUs enabled and 1.9 GHz max. clock speed.

Performance

The average 6600H in our database is in the same league as the R7 5825U, the R7 6800U and also the Core i5-1340P, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. This is a very decent result, as of late 2022.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are, and how competent the cooling solution of your system is.

Power consumption

This Ryzen 5 series APU has a default TDP, also known as the long-term power limit, of 45 W. A high-performance cooling solution is a must for a system built around such a chip.

The R5 6600H is built with TSMC's 6 nm process for great, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

Intel Core i5-12600H

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The Intel Core i5-12600H is a high-end mobile CPU for laptops based on the Alder Lake architecture. It was announced in early 2022 and offers 4 of the 6 performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and all 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores support Hyper-Threading leading to 16 supported threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock rate ranges from 2.7 to 4.5 GHz on the performance cluster and 2 to 3.3 GHz on the efficient cluster. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare to the Core i7-6700HQ). All cores can use up to 18 MB L3 cache. Compared to the 12650H, the 12600H offers less P-cores but more E-cores, a faster iGPU and "Enterprise" vPro features (for remote management).

Performance

Thanks to the 12 cores, the multi-threaded performance should be clearly faster than the older Tiger Lake-H CPUs with similar clock speeds (especially like the Core i5-11500H with only 6 cores). Due to the architectural improvements, single-core performance is also better than similar or higher clocked Tiger Lake CPUs.

Features

The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, and LPDDR4x-4267. The Thread Director (in hardware) can support the operating system to decide which thread to use on the performance or efficient cores for the best performance. For AI tasks, the CPU also integrates GNA 3.0 and DL Boost (via AVX2). Quick Sync in version 8 is the same as in the Rocket Lake CPUs and supports MPEG-2, AVC, VC-1 decode, JPEG, VP8 decode, VP9, HEVC, and AV1 decode in hardware. The CPU only supports PCIe 4.0 (x8 for a GPU and two x4 for SSDs).

The integrated graphics card is based on the Xe-architecture and offers 80 of the 96 EUs (Execution Units) operating at up to 1.4 GHz.

The CPU is rated at 45 W base power (95 W PL2) but most laptops will use a PL1 of around 60 Watt. The SoC is manufactured in a 10nm process at Intel, which is known as Intel 7.

ModelAMD Ryzen 5 6600HIntel Core i5-12600H
CodenameRembrandt-H (Zen 3+)Alder Lake-H
SeriesAMD Rembrandt (Zen 3+)Intel Alder Lake-P
Series: Alder Lake-P Alder Lake-H
AMD Ryzen 9 6980HX compare3.3 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H compare3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX compare3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS compare3.3 - 4.9 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 6800H compare3.2 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H compare3.2 - 4.7 GHz8 / 16 cores16 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H « 3.3 - 4.5 GHz6 / 12 cores16 MB L3
Intel Core i9-12900HK compare1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i9-12900H compare1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12800H compare1.8 - 4.8 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12650H compare1.7 - 4.7 GHz10 / 16 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-12600H « 2 - 4.5 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-12500H compare1.8 - 4.5 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-12450H compare1.5 - 4.4 GHz8 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Clock3300 - 4500 MHz2000 - 4500 MHz
L1 Cache384 KB1.1 MB
L2 Cache3 MB10 MB
L3 Cache16 MB18 MB
Cores / Threads6 / 1212 / 16
TDP45 Watt45 Watt
Technology6 nm10 nm
max. Temp.95 °C100 °C
SocketFP7/FP7r2BGA1744
FeaturesDDR5-4800/LPDDR5-6400 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 4, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SMEDDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266/DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-5200 RAM, PCIe 4, Thr. Dir., DL B,., GNA, vPro En., RPE, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA
iGPUAMD Radeon 660M ( - 1900 MHz)Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs ( - 1400 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 6600H
34.9 pt (58%)
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 10226     avg: 10454     median: 10418 (10%)     max: 10717 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1458     avg: 1467     median: 1458 (61%)     max: 1486 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 564     avg: 574     median: 575 (63%)     max: 584 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 3965     avg: 4071     median: 4106 (10%)     max: 4141 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1626     avg: 1701     median: 1737 (11%)     max: 1740 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 231     avg: 236.7     median: 236 (65%)     max: 243 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
min: 39886     avg: 45692     median: 47836 (27%)     max: 49353 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 5466     avg: 5580     median: 5553 (65%)     max: 5720 MIPS
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 11.5     avg: 13.2     median: 13.9 (24%)     max: 14.2 fps
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 497     avg: 512     median: 508 (6%)     max: 532 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 291     avg: 296.7     median: 293 (2%)     max: 306 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.4995     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (11%)     max: 0.532 sec
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 12022     avg: 14220     median: 14220 (35%)     max: 16418 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 12692     avg: 13364     median: 13363.5 (34%)     max: 14035 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 20214     avg: 21091     median: 21252 (38%)     max: 21808 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 6569     avg: 6979     median: 7023 (30%)     max: 7345 Points
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Single-Core
2042 Points (51%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Multi-Core
9240 Points (36%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1446     avg: 1478     median: 1474 (58%)     max: 1513 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6403     avg: 7442     median: 7729 (14%)     max: 8195 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1417     avg: 1447     median: 1447 (6%)     max: 1477 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6219     avg: 7173     median: 7172.5 (23%)     max: 8126 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 604     avg: 637     median: 637 (1%)     max: 670 ms
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 193.4     avg: 201.2     median: 201.2 (55%)     max: 209 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 233     avg: 245.7     median: 244 (44%)     max: 260 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1399     avg: 1460     median: 1460 (55%)     max: 1521 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 78.3     avg: 78.6     median: 78.6 (14%)     max: 78.8 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 75.1     avg: 82.8     median: 82.8 (15%)     max: 90.4 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
8.1 Watt (5%)
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
min: 18     avg: 20.6     median: 20.6 (15%)     max: 23.1 Points per Watt

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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)