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AMD Ryzen 5 7600 vs Intel Core i7-12700K

AMD Ryzen 5 7600

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The AMD Ryzen 5 7600 is a fast mid-range desktop processor of the Raphael series. It offers 6 cores based on the Zen 4 architecture that supports hyperthreading (12 threads). The cores clock from 3.8 (base) up to 5.1 GHz (single core boost).

The Raphael series still uses a chiplet design with two CCD-clusters (each with 8 possible cores) in 5nm and an IO-die (including the memory controller and the Radeon Graphics iGPU) in 6nm.

The R5 7600X is rated at 65 Watt TDP.

Intel Core i7-12700K

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The Intel Core i7-12700K is a high end CPU for desktops based on the Alder Lake architecture. It was first announced in November 2021 and offers 8 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores. The performance cores (P-cores) support HyperThreading, leading to 20 Threads that can be processed at once. The performance cores can clock with up to 5 GHz (Turbo Boost Max 3.0), the efficiency cores can clock with up to 3.9 GHz. All cores can use 25 MB Smart Cache. The integrated memory controller supports up to 128 GB DDR5 with 4800 MT/s (dual channel).

Thread Director (in hardware) can support the operating system to decide which thread to use on the performance or efficiency cores for the best performance.

The integrated graphics adapter is based on the Xe-architecture and called Intel UHD Graphics 770. It clocks between 300 and 1.5 GHz.

For AI tasks, the CPU also integrates GNA 3.0 and DL Boost. 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.

Performance

The average 12700K in our database is way ahead of the Ryzen 7 5800X and the Ryzen 9 3900X, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. Which is a very, very impressive result, as of late 2022.

Power consumption

This Core i7 series chip has a Base power consumption of 125 W, with its highest Intel-recommended Turbo power consumption sitting at 190 W. It might be a good idea to get an AIO cooling solution for a chip this power hungry.

The i7-12700K is manufactured on Intel's fourth-generation 10 nm process marketed as Intel 7 for lower-than-average, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

ModelAMD Ryzen 5 7600Intel Core i7-12700K
CodenameRaphael (Zen4)Alder Lake
SeriesAMD Raphael (Zen 4, Ryzen 7000)Intel Alder Lake-S
Series: Alder Lake-S Alder Lake
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D compare4.2 - 5.7 GHz16 / 32 cores128 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X compare4.7 - 5.6 GHz12 / 24 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 compare3.7 - 5.4 GHz12 / 24 cores64 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X compare4.5 - 5.4 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 compare3.8 - 5.3 GHz8 / 16 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D compare4.2 - 5 GHz8 / 16 cores96 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X compare4.7 - 5.3 GHz6 / 12 cores32 MB L3
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 « 3.8 - 5.1 GHz6 / 12 cores32 MB L3
Intel Core i9-12900K compare3.2 - 5.2 GHz16 / 24 cores30 MB L3
Intel Core i9-12900 compare2.4 - 5.1 GHz16 / 24 cores20 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12700K « 2.7 - 5 GHz12 / 20 cores25 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12700F compare3.3 - 4.9 GHz12 / 20 cores25 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12700 compare3.3 - 4.9 GHz12 / 20 cores25 MB L3
Intel Core i5-12600K compare2.8 - 4.9 GHz10 / 16 cores20 MB L3
Clock3800 - 5100 MHz2700 - 5000 MHz
L1 Cache384 KB
L2 Cache6 MB12 MB
L3 Cache32 MB25 MB
Cores / Threads6 / 1212 / 20
TDP65 Watt125 Watt
TransistorsCCD: 6,5 Mrd + IOD: 3,4 Mrd Million
Technology5 nm10 nm
Voltage0.650 - 1.475V V
Die Size1x 70 (CCD) mm2 + 122 (I/O) mm2
max. Temp.95 °C100 °C
SocketAM5 (LGA 1718)LGA1700
FeaturesMMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, x86-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, AVX512F, FMA3, SHA, Precision Boost 2DDR4-3200/DDR5-4800 RAM, PCIe 5, Thr. Dir., DL Boost, GNA, vPro Enterp., MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA
iGPUAMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000) (400 - 2200 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 770 (300 - 1500 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerwww.amd.comark.intel.com
$409 U.S.

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - R5 7600
42.2 pt (70%)
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Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-12700K
41.2 pt (69%)
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
12735 Points (12%)
min: 17003     avg: 19784     median: 19784 (18%)     max: 22565 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1852 Points (78%)
min: 1806     avg: 1851     median: 1850.5 (78%)     max: 1895 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
724 Points (79%)
min: 731     avg: 736     median: 735.5 (80%)     max: 740 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
5487 Points (13%)
min: 6953     avg: 7801     median: 7800.5 (19%)     max: 8648 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
2339 Points (15%)
3325 Points (21%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
298 Points (83%)
272 Points (75%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
26.4 Points (34%)
38.4 Points (50%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
3.5 Points (83%)
3.3 Points (78%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
8122 Points (49%)
9305 Points (56%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
46166 Points (33%)
63484 Points (46%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
102539 Points (65%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
15179 Points (18%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
83.8 s (1%)
171.2 s (2%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
3.1 s (1%)
2.7 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
14038 Points (22%)
10389 Points (16%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
64613 MIPS (37%)
min: 65508     avg: 73439     median: 73438.5 (42%)     max: 81369 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
7566 MIPS (89%)
min: 6117     avg: 6270     median: 6269.5 (74%)     max: 6422 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
137.8 fps (3%)
179 fps (5%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
347 fps (9%)
349.5 fps (9%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
19.5 fps (34%)
min: 14.9     avg: 20.5     median: 20.5 (36%)     max: 26.1 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1.1 GB/s (32%)
1.6 GB/s (47%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1.6 GB/s (28%)
2.8 GB/s (48%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
12.5 GB/s (33%)
15.7 GB/s (41%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
100%
1 R5 7600 +
352 Seconds (4%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
219 Seconds (2%)
min: 152.3     avg: 173.1     median: 173.1 (1%)     max: 193.9 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.4 sec (9%)
min: 0.412     avg: 0.4     median: 0.4 (9%)     max: 0.423 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
15993 Points (34%)
16827 Points (36%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
6.8 s (1%)
7.3 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
14.8 s (1%)
16.6 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
351 s (2%)
387 s (2%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
93250 Points (72%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
23854 Points (59%)
min: 23129     avg: 24947     median: 24947 (61%)     max: 26765 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
109742 Points (89%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
112268 Points (91%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
109389 Points (88%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 21804     avg: 23017     median: 23017 (58%)     max: 24230 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 31240     avg: 34160     median: 34159.5 (61%)     max: 37079 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
9819 Points (41%)
min: 13915     avg: 15550     median: 15550 (66%)     max: 17185 Points
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Single-Core
2580 Points (64%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Multi-Core
16200 Points (63%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
2088 Points (82%)
min: 1890     avg: 1912     median: 1911.5 (75%)     max: 1933 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
11095 Points (20%)
min: 12475     avg: 14016     median: 14016 (25%)     max: 15557 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
2005 Points (9%)
min: 1835     avg: 1841     median: 1840.5 (8%)     max: 1846 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
10745 Points (34%)
min: 12318     avg: 13879     median: 13879 (44%)     max: 15440 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
8453 Points (84%)
8133 Points (81%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
44221 Points (44%)
55786 Points (56%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
470 ms (1%)
min: 496     avg: 498     median: 498 (1%)     max: 500 ms
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
345 Points (62%)
min: 301     avg: 303.5     median: 303.5 (54%)     max: 306 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
1999 Points (75%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 R5 7600 +
134.5 Watt (23%)
min: 132.1     avg: 206.6     median: 206.6 (36%)     max: 281 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 R5 7600 +
134.2 Watt (24%)
278.2 Watt (51%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
100%
1 R5 7600 +
81.5 Watt (54%)
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
100%
1 R5 7600 +
17.4 Points per Watt (13%)
12 Points per Watt (9%)

Average Benchmarks AMD Ryzen 5 7600 → 100% n=37

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-12700K → 112% n=37

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