Ryzen 5 7600X vs Intel Core i9-12900K — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Ryzen 5 7600X leads on 1 of 2 shared benchmarks (8% in Geekbench 6 single); the Intel Core i9-12900K takes 1 (3% in Cinebench R23 single).

Side-by-side CPU comparison of the Ryzen 5 7600X and the Intel Core i9-12900K. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

AMD · Zen 4

Ryzen 5 7600X

Full Ryzen 5 7600X benchmarks →

Intel · Alder Lake

Intel Core i9-12900K

16 cores125W TDP$589 MSRP2021

Full Intel Core i9-12900K benchmarks →

*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

Spec	Ryzen 5 7600X	Intel Core i9-12900K
cores	—	16
threads	—	24
p cores	—	8
e cores	—	8
base clock ghz	—	3.2
tdp w	—	125
l2 cache mb	—	14
l3 cache mb	—	30
socket	—	LGA1700

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Tom's Hardware, GadgetVersus, KitGuru, Notebookcheck, TechPowerUp, TechSpot, CGDirector, ocinside.de, TopCPU.net, Phoronix, technical.city, Geekbench Browser, PC Guide, HardwareDB, NanoReview, PassMark, HWBOT Community and HWBOT; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

Benchmark	Ryzen 5 7600X	Intel Core i9-12900K
Cinebench R23 multi (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware, GadgetVersus, KitGuru, Notebookcheck, TechPowerUp, TechSpot, CGDirector, ocinside.de	15,145 pts	27,392 points
Cinebench R23 single (higher is better) Source: Tom's Hardware, GadgetVersus, KitGuru, Notebookcheck, TechPowerUp, TechSpot, CGDirector, TopCPU.net	1,951 pts	2,004 points
Geekbench 6 multi (higher is better) Source: Phoronix, technical.city, Geekbench Browser, PC Guide, HardwareDB, NanoReview	13,615 pts	17,450 points
Geekbench 6 single (higher is better) Source: Phoronix, technical.city, Geekbench Browser, PC Guide, HardwareDB, NanoReview	2,941 pts	2,715 points
PassMark CPU Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark	24,146 marks	41,122 points
PassMark single thread (higher is better) Source: PassMark	—	4,128 points
PassMark Single Thread Rating (higher is better) Source: PassMark	—	4,128 points
Tom's Hardware CPU Hierarchy (lower is better) Source: Tom's Hardware	3 rank	—
Y-cruncher 1B (lower is better) Source: HWBOT Community, HWBOT	30 seconds	—

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.