Intel Core i5-12600K vs Intel Core i5-13420H

Core i5-12600K vs Core i5-13420H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12600K is faster than the Core i5-13420H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13420H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12600K has slightly more cores than the Core i5-13420H. Indeed, the Core i5-12600K has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i5-13420H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13420H. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13420H. Also, the Core i5-12600K has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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