Intel Core i5-12600K vs Intel Core i7-12800H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 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

9422 points
62% significantly better overall score
5807 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12057 points
65% significantly better gaming score
7291 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8581 points
59% significantly better multitasking score
5382 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8381 points
57% significantly better heavy workload score
5311 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

233.94 points
35% slightly higher Blender score
172.49 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

17491 points
5% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
16597 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
14
40% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
54% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

150 W
45 W
233% 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

800 KiB
1120 KiB
40% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
24 MiB
20% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

102nd of 1,089
267th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core i5-12600K vs Core i7-12800H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12600K performs better than the Core i7-12800H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12800H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12800H has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12600K. Indeed, the Core i7-12800H has 14 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-12600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600K. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800H. Also, the Core i5-12600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12800H outputs less heat than Core i5-12600K 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 i5-12600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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