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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms the cheaper Core i5-12600 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-12600 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 7 7700X is 245 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-12600.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
- Performs up to 8% better in Minecraft than Core i5-12600 - 891 vs 824 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-12600 - 16 vs 12 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-12600
- Up to 47% cheaper than Ryzen 7 7700X - £272.98 vs £513.03
- Up to 43% better value when playing Minecraft than Ryzen 7 7700X - £0.33 vs £0.58 per FPS
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 7700X - 65 vs 105 Watts
Minecraft
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 7 7700X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
FPS
891
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.58/FPS
56%
Price, £
£513.03
53%
FPS Winner
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Tray 36 units
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Core i5-12600
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
824
92%
Value, £/FPS
£0.33/FPS
100%
Price, £
£272.98
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-12600 Desktop Processor 18M Cache, up to 4.80 GHz
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Updated 114 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Ryzen 7 7700X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Core i5-12600
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X | vs | Intel Core i5-12600 |
|---|---|---|
Sep 27th, 2022 | Release Date | Jan 25th, 2022 |
| Ryzen 7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Raphael | Codename | Alder Lake |
| AMD Socket AM5 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 | Cores | 6 |
16 | Threads | 12 |
4.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
5.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
| 105 W | TDP | 65 W |
5 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
45.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| Radeon Graphics | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Ryzen 7 7700X or Core i5-12600
Minecraft, 1920 x 1080, High
785 FPS
£2.48/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 7700X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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785 FPS
£2.03/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 7700X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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