Intel Core i5-12600K vs Intel Core i9-12900T

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9422 points
3% slightly better overall score
9077 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12057 points
21% slightly better gaming score
9883 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8581 points
8857 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8381 points
8836 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

233.94 points
23% slightly higher Blender score
188.94 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11863 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
11628 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2478 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2268 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
16
60% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
167% significantly higher clock speed
1.38 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
Identical
4.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

150 W
35 W
328% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

800 KiB
1280 KiB
60% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
30 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

102nd of 1,093
111th of 1,093

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
12th Generation Core i9

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
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

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