Intel Core i5-12600 vs Intel Core i5-12450H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 8 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

7189 points
36% slightly better overall score
5248 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10529 points
34% slightly better gaming score
7843 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6169 points
37% slightly better multitasking score
4484 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5948 points
37% slightly better heavy workload score
4327 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9947 points
89% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
5258 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

178.59 points
57% significantly higher Blender score
113.50 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
64% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

480 KiB
640 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

178th of 1,089
318th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core i5-12600 vs Core i5-12450H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12600 is faster than the Core i5-12450H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12450H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-12450H has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-12600 that has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-12600 has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12450H. Also, the Core i5-12600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12450H outputs less heat than Core i5-12600 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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 i5-12600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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