Intel Core i5-12600K vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i5 AMD Ryzen
• Generation
  12 5
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 AMD Ryzen 6000H
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-11600K AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

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 3.30 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.90 GHz 4.90 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal

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) AMD Radeon RX 680M
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz 2.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.45 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  32 12
• Shader
  256 768
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  4 3
• Generation
  12 9
• Technology
  10 nm 6 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q1/2022

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX and Intel Core i5-12600K. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR5-4800LPDDR5-6400
• Max. Memory
  256 GB 64 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-12600K and AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  125 W 45 W
• TDP up
  -- 54 W
• TDP (PL2)
  228 W / 56 s --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 105 °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
• L2-Cache
  -- 4.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  20.00 MB 16.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Rembrandt (Zen 3+)
• Technology
  10 nm 6 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1700 FP7
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q1/2022
• Part Number
  BX8071512600K --