AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H vs Intel Core i5-12600H

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Combined performance score

i5-12600H
14.81
+1.5%

Core i5-12600H outperforms Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H by 2% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Core i5-12600H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking423436
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Alder Lake-Pno data
Architecture codenameAlder Lake-H (2022)Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+)
Release dateJanuary 2022 (2 years old)19 April 2022 (1 year old)

Technical specs

Core i5-12600H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores12 (Dodeca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1616
Base clock speed2.7 GHz3.3 GHz
Boost clock speed4.5 GHz4.9 GHz
L1 cache80K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache18 MB (shared)16 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm6 nm
Die size217 mm2208 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C95 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-12600H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration11
SocketFCBGA1744FP7
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-12600H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
TSX+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
Flex Memory Access+no data
SIPP+no data
StatusLaunchedno data

Security technologies

Core i5-12600H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+no data
EDB+no data
Secure Key+no data
OS Guard+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core i5-12600H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H are enumerated here.

AMD-Vno data+
VT-d+no data
VT-x+no data
EPT+no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core i5-12600H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267DDR5-4800
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
ECC memory support-no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligibleAMD Radeon 680M
Quick Sync Video+no data
Graphics max frequency1.4 GHzno data
Execution Units80no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-12600H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported4no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-12600H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2304 @ 60Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP4096 x 2304 @ 120Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-12600H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-12600H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H.

PCIe version4.04.0
PCI Express lanes2820

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i5-12600H 14.81
+1.5%
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H 14.59

Core i5-12600H outperforms Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H by 2% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

i5-12600H 22742
+1.5%
Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H 22413

Core i5-12600H outperforms Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H by 1% in Passmark.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 14.81 14.59
Physical cores 12 8

We couldn't decide between Core i5-12600H and Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H. The differences in performance seem too small.


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