Intel Core i5-11260H vs Intel Core i5-12600T

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4599 points

5246 points

14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6626 points

8031 points

21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3989 points

4444 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3862 points

4298 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6055 points

7345 points

21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1732 points

2043 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

23% slightly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

4.6 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

35 W

28% slightly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

576 KiB

20% slightly more L1 cache

480 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB

18 MiB

49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

381st of 1,089

319th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i5

12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-11260H vs Core i5-12600T comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12600T beats the Core i5-11260H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11260H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-11260H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600T.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-11260H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.