Intel Core i5-12600 vs Intel Core i5-12490F

Core i5-12600 vs Core i5-12490F comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12600 beats the Core i5-12490F in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-12490F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12490F. Also, the Core i5-12600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. 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 i5-12600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.