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Ryzen 5 5600U vs Core i5-12600K

Ryzen 5 5600U vs Core i5-12600K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Prices and Stock

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Prices and Stock

MSRP $289

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12600K outperforms Ryzen 5 5600U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12600K is 296 days newer than Ryzen 5 5600U.

Advantages of Ryzen 5 5600U

  • Consumes up to 88% less energy than Intel Core i5-12600K - 15 vs 125 Watts

Advantages of Core i5-12600K

  • Performs up to 6% better in World of Tanks than Ryzen 5 5600U - 571 vs 540 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 5600U - 16 vs 12 threads
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World of Tanks

World of Tanks

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Ryzen 5 5600U Logo
Ryzen 5 5600U

Mobile • Jan 12th, 2021


FPS

540

95%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

Intel Core i5-12600K Logo
Core i5-12600K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


FPS

571

100%

Value, £/FPS

£0.41/FPS

100%

Price, £

£236.83

100%

FPS and Value Winner

INTEL Core i5-12600K 3.6GHz LGA1700 Tray

Buy for £236.83 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 7031 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Ryzen 5 5600U Logo
Ryzen 5 5600U

Mobile • Jan 12th, 2021

Intel Core i5-12600K Logo
Core i5-12600K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 5600U Logo
Ryzen 5 5600U

Mobile • Jan 12th, 2021


Single-Core

1619

66%

Multi-Core

5759

49%

Intel Core i5-12600K Logo
Core i5-12600K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


Single-Core

2450

100%

Multi-Core

11792

100%

AMD Ryzen 5 5600U Logo

Ryzen 5 5600U

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Intel Core i5-12600K Logo

Core i5-12600K

Jan 12th, 2021
Nov 4th, 2021
Ryzen 5Core i5
CezanneAlder Lake
AMD Socket FP6Intel Socket 1700
Mobile
Desktop
6
10
12
16
2.3 GHz
3.7 GHz
4.2 GHz
4.9 GHz
15 W
125 W
7 nm
10 nm
23.0x
37.0x
Radeon Vega 7UHD Graphics 770
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