Intel Core i5-11500 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

5262 points

0.30% slightly better overall score

5246 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7888 points

8031 points

1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4465 points

0.47% slightly better multitasking score

4444 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4309 points

0.26% slightly better heavy workload score

4298 points

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Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7239 points

7345 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2003 points

2043 points

1% 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

2.7 GHz

28% slightly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

Identical

4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

35 W

85% significantly 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

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

314th 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 February

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-11500 vs Core i5-12600T comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12600T performs better than the Core i5-11500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-11500 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 i5-11500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600T.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-11500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.