Intel Core i5-11600KF vs Intel Core i7-12800HX

Core i5-11600KF vs Core i7-12800HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12800HX is faster than the Core i5-11600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-11600KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12800HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i5-11600KF has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-11600KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11600KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800HX. Also, the Core i5-11600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12800HX outputs less heat than Core i5-11600KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-12800HX has more L2 cache than the Core i5-11600KF. The Core i7-12800HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-11600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.