Intel Core i5-12600K vs Intel Core i7-14650HX

Core i5-12600K vs Core i7-14650HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12600K beats the Core i7-14650HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14650HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14650HX has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12600K. Indeed, the Core i7-14650HX has 16 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 i7-14650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14650HX 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.