Intel Core i5-12600K vs AMD Ryzen 5 3600. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i5 AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  12 3
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 AMD Ryzen 3000
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-11600K AMD Ryzen 5 2600

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
  3.70 GHz 3.60 GHz
• CPU Cores
  10 6
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.90 GHz 4.20 GHz
• CPU Threads
  16 12
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• 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
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32 (Alder Lake S) no iGPU
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.45 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  32
• Shader
  256
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB --
• Max. displays
  4
• Generation
  12
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  10 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2021

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 3600 and Intel Core i5-12600K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  256 GB 128 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  5.0 4.0
• PCIe lanes
  20 20

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-12600K and AMD Ryzen 5 3600 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  125 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  228 W / 56 s --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 95 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-12600K and Intel Core i5-12600K, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d AMD-V, SVM
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L3-Cache
  20.00 MB 32.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Matisse (Zen 2)
• Technology
  10 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1700 AM4
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q3/2019
• Part Number
  BX8071512600K --