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In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-12600KF outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 5 1500X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-12600KF is 1668 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 5 1500X.
Advantages of Ryzen 5 1500X
- Consumes up to 48% less energy than Intel Core i5-12600KF - 65 vs 125 Watts
Advantages of Core i5-12600KF
- Performs up to 41% better in Starfield than Ryzen 5 1500X - 76 vs 54 FPS
- Up to 34% cheaper than Ryzen 5 1500X - CA$268.04 vs CA$407.89
- Up to 53% better value when playing Starfield than Ryzen 5 1500X - CA$3.53 vs CA$7.55 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 1500X - 16 vs 8 threads
Starfield
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
AMD Ryzen 5 1500X Processor with Wraith Spire Cooler (YD150XBBAEBOX)
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Core i5-12600KF
Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021
FPS
76
100%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$3.53/FPS
100%
Price, CA$
CA$268.04
100%
FPS and Value Winner
INTEL Core i5-12600KF 3.6GHz LGA1700 Tra
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 5 1500X
Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017
Core i5-12600KF
Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 5 1500X | vs | Core i5-12600KF |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 11th, 2017 | Release Date | Nov 4th, 2021 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Alder Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 10 |
| 8 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.7 GHz |
| 3.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 125 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 35.0x | Multiplier | 37.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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