Intel Core i5-12500H vs Intel Core i5-14600KF

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 12 core CPU vs Intel 14 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

6875 points

11287 points

64% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9088 points

13345 points

46% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6235 points

10649 points

70% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6100 points

10530 points

72% significantly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6198 points

10627 points

71% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.52 points

309.52 points

107% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

3.5 GHz

40% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

5.3 GHz

17% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

192 GiB

200% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

5 MiB

8 MiB

60% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB

24 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

201st of 1,089

63rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Core i5 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-12500H vs Core i5-14600KF benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-14600KF beats the Core i5-12500H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12500H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-14600KF has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i5-12500H has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12500H. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-14600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12500H. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-14600KF has more L2 cache than the Core i5-12500H. The Core i5-14600KF also has slightly more L3 cache.

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