AMD A8-5600K vs Intel Core i5-12600KF. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  AMD A Intel Core i5
• Generation
  2 12
• CPU group
  AMD A8-5000 Intel Core i 12000
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Core i5-11600KF

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.60 GHz 3.70 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 10
• Turbo (1 Core)
  3.90 GHz 4.90 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 16
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  -- 6x Golden Cove
• B core
  -- 4x Gracemont

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  AMD Radeon HD 7560D Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32 (Alder Lake S)
• GPU frequency
  0.76 GHz 0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.45 GHz
• Execution units
  4 32
• Shader
  256 256
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 16 GB
• Max. displays
  2 4
• Generation
  4 12
• DirectX Version
  11 12
• Technology
  32 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2012 Q4/2021

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  No Decode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-12600KF and AMD A8-5600K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1866 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• Max. Memory
  256 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  5.0
• PCIe lanes
  20

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD A8-5600K and Intel Core i5-12600KF to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  100 W 125 W
• TDP (PL2)
  -- 228 W / 56 s
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD A8-5600K and AMD A8-5600K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  AMD-V VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 20.00 MB
• Architecture
  Trinity (Piledriver) Alder Lake S
• Technology
  32 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  FM2 LGA 1700
• Release date
  Q3/2012 Q4/2021
• Part Number
  -- BX8071512600KF