Ryzen 7 5800X3D vs Core i5-12600K

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Aggregated performance score

Core i5-12600K
2021
10 cores / 16 threads
17.94
Ryzen 7 5800X3D
2022
8 cores / 16 threads
18.30
+2%

Ryzen 7 5800X3D outperforms Core i5-12600K by 2% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Core i5-12600K and Ryzen 7 5800X3D processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking307294
Place by popularity51not in top-100
Value for money56.1639.46
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Core i5AMD Ryzen 7
Architecture codenameAlder Lake-S (2022)Vermeer (Zen3) (2020)
Release date4 November 2021 (2 years ago)20 April 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$289$449
Current price$268 (0.9x MSRP)$391 (0.9x MSRP)

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

i5-12600K has 42% better value for money than Ryzen 7 5800X3D.

Technical specs

Core i5-12600K and Ryzen 7 5800X3D 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 cores10 (Deca-Core)8 (Octa-Core)
Threads1616
Base clock speed3.7 GHz3.4 GHz
Boost clock speed4.9 GHz4.5 GHz
L1 cache80K (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache20 MB (shared)96 MB (shared)
Chip lithographyIntel 7 nm7 nm
Die size215.25 mm220.5 mm × 10.5 mm74 + 125 mm
Maximum core temperature100 °C90 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)72 °C90 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility++
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-12600K and Ryzen 7 5800X3D 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
SocketFCLGA1700AM4
Power consumption (TDP)125 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core i5-12600K and Ryzen 7 5800X3D. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX286x MMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A,-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHA, Precision Boost 2
AES-NI++
FMA+no data
AVX++
vPro+no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Speed Shift+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
Hyper-Threading Technology+no data
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+no data
SIPP+no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0-no data
StatusLaunchedno data

Security technologies

Core i5-12600K and Ryzen 7 5800X3D 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 i5-12600K and Ryzen 7 5800X3D 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 i5-12600K and Ryzen 7 5800X3D. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR5DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size128 GB128 GB
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth76.8 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 770no data
Quick Sync Video+no data
Clear Video HD+no data
Graphics max frequency1.45 GHzno data
Execution Units32no data

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core i5-12600K and Ryzen 7 5800X3D integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported4no data

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core i5-12600K and Ryzen 7 5800X3D integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2160 @ 60Hzno data
Max resolution over eDP5120 x 3200 @ 120Hzno data
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hzno data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core i5-12600K and Ryzen 7 5800X3D integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12no data
OpenGL4.5no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core i5-12600K and Ryzen 7 5800X3D.

PCIe version5.0 and 4.04.0
PCI Express lanes2020

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.

i5-12600K 17.94
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 18.30
+2%

Ryzen 7 5800X3D outperforms Core i5-12600K by 2% based on our aggregated 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%

i5-12600K 27746
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 28294
+2%

Ryzen 7 5800X3D outperforms Core i5-12600K by 2% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i5-12600K 2449
+17%
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 2093

Core i5-12600K outperforms Ryzen 7 5800X3D by 17% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

i5-12600K 11774
+7.5%
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 10950

Core i5-12600K outperforms Ryzen 7 5800X3D by 8% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

i5-12600K 9381
+56.1%
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 6008

Core i5-12600K outperforms Ryzen 7 5800X3D by 56% in Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core.

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i5-12600K 55462
+32%
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 42010

Core i5-12600K outperforms Ryzen 7 5800X3D by 32% in Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core.

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

i5-12600K 15722
+8.6%
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 14479

Core i5-12600K outperforms Ryzen 7 5800X3D by 9% in 3DMark06 CPU.

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Benchmark coverage: 18%

i5-12600K 4.73
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 3.65
+29.6%

Core i5-12600K outperforms Ryzen 7 5800X3D by 30% in wPrime 32.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

i5-12600K 30
+10.4%
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 27

Core i5-12600K outperforms Ryzen 7 5800X3D by 10% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i5-12600K 2555
+5.9%
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 2413

Core i5-12600K outperforms Ryzen 7 5800X3D by 6% in Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core.

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

i5-12600K 275
+14.1%
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 241

Core i5-12600K outperforms Ryzen 7 5800X3D by 14% in Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core.

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

i5-12600K 3.31
+19.5%
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 2.77

Core i5-12600K outperforms Ryzen 7 5800X3D by 19% in Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core.

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-12600K 12.8
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 13.8
+7.8%

Ryzen 7 5800X3D outperforms Core i5-12600K by 8% in TrueCrypt AES.

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-12600K 6239
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 14431
+131%

Ryzen 7 5800X3D outperforms Core i5-12600K by 131% in WinRAR 4.0.

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-12600K 334
+14.2%
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 292

Core i5-12600K outperforms Ryzen 7 5800X3D by 14% in x264 encoding pass 1.

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Benchmark coverage: 13%

i5-12600K 148
+7.1%
Ryzen 7 5800X3D 138

Core i5-12600K outperforms Ryzen 7 5800X3D by 7% in x264 encoding pass 2.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 17.94 18.30
Recency 4 November 2021 20 April 2022
Physical cores 10 8
Cost $289 $449
Power consumption (TDP) 125 Watt 105 Watt

We couldn't decide between Core i5-12600K and Ryzen 7 5800X3D. The differences in performance seem too small.


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