Intel Core i5 12600KF vs AMD Ryzen Z2 Extreme
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2021
Jun 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
Amd
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Processor Number
i5-12600KF
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Integrated Graphics
No
Radeon 890M
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
4 nm
Socket
LGA-1700
FP8
Power Consumption
125 W
15-35 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
150 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
3
Performance Core Threads
12
6
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.7 GHz
2.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
5
Efficiency Core Threads
4
10
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.8 GHz
2.0 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.6 GHz
3.3 GHz
Total Core Count
10
8
Total Thread Count
16
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
37x
20
L1 Cache
80 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
9728 K shared
1 MB per core
L3 Cache
20 MB shared
16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
DDR5-5600,LPDDR5X-8000
Max Memory Size
128 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
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Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
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ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
20
16
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
—
true
GPU Base Frequency
—
800 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
—
2900 MHz
Shader Units
—
1024
Texture Units
—
64
Raster Operation Units
—
40
Execution Units
—
16
Power Consumption
—
15
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,908
1,953
Cinebench R23
17,648
14,572
Geekbench 6
2,597
2,753
Geekbench 5
1,839
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Geekbench 6
12,937
11,860
Geekbench 5
11,626
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Cinebench 2024
105
113
Cinebench 2024
909
791
Blender
273
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Passmark CPU
3,934
4,074
Passmark CPU
27,408
24,157
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.