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AMD FX-6300 vs Intel Core i7-12700K

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 26 %

AMD FX-6300

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700K

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 12 %

AMD FX-6300

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700K

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

534

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

2,528

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,586

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

14,129

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

195 cb

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

757 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

529

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

1,872

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

854 cb

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

8,750 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

1,916

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

14,992

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

319

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

221

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

790

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 3.50 GHz

1,003

12C / 20T · 3.60 GHz

7,761

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

94 cb

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

286 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz

456 cb

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

3,327 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	AMD FX-6300	Intel Core i7-12700K
Family	AMD FX (30)	Intel Core i7 (300)
CPU group	AMD FX-6300 (2)	Intel Core i 12000 (34)
Architecture	Vishera (Bulldozer)	Alder Lake S
Technology	32 nm	10 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	AM3+	LGA 1700
Predecessor		Intel Core i7-11700K
Successor		Intel Core i7-13700K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	AMD FX-6300	Intel Core i7-12700K
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 6	12 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	6x 3.50 - 4.10 GHz	8x Golden Cove 3.60 - 5.00 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Gracemont 2.70 - 3.80 GHz
L2-Cache		12.00 MB
L3-Cache	8.00 MB	25.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	AMD FX-6300	Intel Core i7-12700K
GPU name	no iGPU	Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency		0.30 - 1.50 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	32 / 256
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		64 GB
Technology		10 nm
Release date		Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	AMD FX-6300	Intel Core i7-12700K
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	AMD FX-6300	Intel Core i7-12700K
Memory	DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	3.0	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth		78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	AMD FX-6300	Intel Core i7-12700K
TDP	95 W	125 W
TDP (PL2)		190 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	71 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	AMD FX-6300	Intel Core i7-12700K
Chip design	Unknown	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q4/2012	Q4/2021
Release price	95 $	409 $
Documents		Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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AMD FX-6300
6C / 6T · 3.50 - 4.10 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i7-12700K
12C / 20T · 3.60 - 5.00 GHz

★★★★★