Intel Core i5-12500 vs Intel Core i5-12600

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-12600

Price

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$ 272.22

$ 56.56 slightly less expensive

$ 328.78

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7166 points

7189 points

0.32% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9976 points

10529 points

5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6301 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

6169 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6099 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

5948 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6075 points

9947 points

63% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

170.78 points

178.59 points

4% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9112 points

9785 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2182 points

2350 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9032 points

9645 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2320 points

2382 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

4.8 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

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

480 KiB

Identical

480 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB

Identical

18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

182nd of 1,089

178th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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 i5-12500 vs Core i5-12600 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12600 beats the Core i5-12500 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-12500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-12500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.