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Intel Core i5-12600K vs AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

Last updated: 2026-06-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 89 %

Intel Core i5-12600K

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 32 %

Intel Core i5-12600K

Rank 1 - 100 %

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

10C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

414 pts

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

458 pts

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

10C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

3,781 pts

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

14,436 pts

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

10C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

105 pts

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

119 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

10C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

909 pts

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

3,685 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

10C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

1,918 pts

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

1,988 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

10C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

17,660 pts

32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz

65,269 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

10C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

2,472

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

2,942

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

10C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

11,991

32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz

25,442

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

10C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

741 cb

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

773 cb

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

10C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

1,854

32C / 64T · 5.30 GHz

2,166

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

10C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

6,702 cb

32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz

25,421 cb

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

10C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

11,912

32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz

43,613

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

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

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12600K	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper (16)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 (3)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	Storm Peak (Zen 4)
Technology	10 nm	5 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1700	sTR5
Predecessor	Intel Core i5-11600K
Successor	Intel Core i5-13600K	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9970X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12600K	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
CPU Cores / Threads	10 / 16	32 / 64
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	normal
Core Cluster 1:	6x Golden Cove 3.70 - 4.90 GHz	32x Zen 4 4.00 - 5.30 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Gracemont 2.80 - 3.60 GHz
L2-Cache	9.50 MB	32.00 MB
L3-Cache	20.00 MB	128.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12600K	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 770	no iGPU
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.45 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	Intel Core i5-12600K	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12600K	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR5-5200 (166.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	1024 GB
Memory channels	2	4
ECC	Yes	Yes
PCIe	5.0 x 20	5.0 x 48
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s	189.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12600K	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
TDP	125 W	350 W
TDP (PL2)	150 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	95 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12600K	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	SSE4A, SSE4.2, SSSE3, AVX2, AVX512, FMA3
Release date	Q4/2021	Q4/2023
Release price	289 $	2990 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Intel Core i5-12600K
10C / 16T · 3.70 - 4.90 GHz

★★★★★

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X
32C / 64T · 4.00 - 5.30 GHz

★★★★★