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Intel Core i5-12600 vs AMD FX-8100

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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Intel Core i5-12600
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AMD FX-8100
Multi-core performance
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Intel Core i5-12600
Rank 2 - 29 %
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At a glance

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Intel Core i5-12600AMD FX-8100
FamilyIntel Core i5 (336)AMD FX (30)
CPU groupIntel Core i 12000 (34)AMD FX-8000 (11)
ArchitectureAlder Lake SVishera (Bulldozer)
Technology10 nm32 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1700AM3+
PredecessorIntel Core i5-11600
SuccessorIntel Core i5-13600

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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CPU Cores / Threads6 / 128 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 6x Golden Cove 8x
Frequency: 3.30 GHz 2.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.80 GHz 3.70 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.40 GHz 3.70 GHz
L2-Cache7.50 MB
L3-Cache18.00 MB8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i5-12600AMD FX-8100
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 770no iGPU
GPU frequency0.30 - 1.45 GHz
CUs / Shader32 / 256 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology10 nm
Release dateQ4/2021

NPU AI performance

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AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i5-12600AMD FX-8100
MemoryDDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
DDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesYes
PCIe5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i5-12600AMD FX-8100
TDP65 W95 W
TDP (PL2)117 W
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T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Chip designMonolithicUnknown
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
Release dateQ1/2022Q4/2011
Release price223 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i5-12600
Intel Core i5-12600
6C / 12T · 3.30 - 4.80 GHz
AMD FX-8100
AMD FX-8100
8C / 8T · 2.80 - 3.70 GHz

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Intel Core i5-12600
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