Intel Core i5-12600 vs Intel Core i9-13900H

Core i5-12600 vs Core i9-13900H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12600 performs better than the Core i9-13900H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13900H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13900H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12600. Indeed, the Core i9-13900H has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12600. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-12600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900H. Despite this, the Core i9-13900H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-12600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.