Intel Core i5-12600H vs Intel Core i5-14500T

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 12 core CPU vs Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 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

5581 points
8117 points
45% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8519 points
10172 points
19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4741 points
7544 points
59% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4582 points
7468 points
62% significantly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.7 GHz
58% significantly higher clock speed
1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
4.8 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
40% slightly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

4 MiB
11.5 MiB
187% 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

286th of 1,089
146th 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
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i5-12600H vs Core i5-14500T comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14500T is faster than the Core i5-12600H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12600H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-14500T has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i5-12600H has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-12600H has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-14500T. Despite this, the Core i5-14500T has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-14500T has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-12600H. The Core i5-14500T also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i5-12600H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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