Intel Core i5 12600KF vs AMD Ryzen 5 5600F
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2021
Sep 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Processor Number
i5-12600KF
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Integrated Graphics
No
No
Generation
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Ryzen 5 (Zen 3 (Vermeer))
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
7 nm
Socket
LGA-1700
AM4
Power Consumption
125 W
65 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
150 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95 °C
Transistor Count
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4.15 billions
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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74 mm²
I/O Process Size
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12 nm
I/O Die Size
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125 mm²
Package
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µOPGA-1331
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
6
Performance Core Threads
12
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.7 GHz
3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
4 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
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Efficiency Core Threads
4
-
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
6
Total Thread Count
16
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
37x
30
L1 Cache
80 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
9728 K shared
512 K per core
L3 Cache
20 MB shared
32 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
47.68 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,908
1,450
Cinebench R23
17,648
10,505
Geekbench 6
2,597
2,084
Geekbench 5
1,839
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Geekbench 6
12,937
8,816
Geekbench 5
11,626
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Cinebench 2024
105
86
Cinebench 2024
909
610
Blender
273
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Passmark CPU
3,934
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Passmark CPU
27,408
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