Intel Core i5 12600KF vs AMD Athlon Silver 10
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2021
Oct 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Mendocino
Processor Number
i5-12600KF
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Integrated Graphics
No
Radeon 610M
Generation
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Athlon (Zen 2 (Mendocino))
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
6 nm
Socket
LGA-1700
AMD Socket FT6
Power Consumption
125 W
15 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
150 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
95°C
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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100 mm²
Package
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FT6
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
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Performance Core Threads
12
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Performance Core Base Frequency
3.7 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
3.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
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Efficiency Core Threads
4
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Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.8 GHz
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Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.6 GHz
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Total Core Count
10
2
Total Thread Count
16
2
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
37x
24.0
L1 Cache
80 K per core
64 KB per core
L2 Cache
9728 K shared
512 KB per core
L3 Cache
20 MB shared
2 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
LPDDR5-5500
Max Memory Size
128 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
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ECC Memory Support
No
No
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5.0
3
PCIe Lanes
20
4
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,908
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Cinebench R23
17,648
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Geekbench 6
2,597
785
Geekbench 5
1,839
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Geekbench 6
12,937
1,377
Geekbench 5
11,626
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Cinebench 2024
105
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Cinebench 2024
909
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Blender
273
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Passmark CPU
3,934
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Passmark CPU
27,408
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.