Intel Core i5-12600KF vs Intel Core i5-10500H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs Intel 10th Generation Core i5 6 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

9948 points
128% significantly better overall score
4357 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12699 points
94% significantly better gaming score
6522 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9060 points
145% significantly better multitasking score
3693 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8845 points
148% significantly better heavy workload score
3555 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7997 points
26% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6321 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

226.61 points
154% significantly higher Blender score
88.96 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12301 points
141% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5095 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2520 points
74% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1447 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
66% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
47% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 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
25% slightly more pcie lanes
16

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

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

92nd of 1,089
406th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
10th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November
2020 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4-2933

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Core i5-12600KF vs Core i5-10500H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12600KF is faster than the Core i5-10500H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-10500H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12600KF has significantly more cores than the Core i5-10500H. Indeed, the Core i5-12600KF has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-10500H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10500H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-12600KF has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-10500H. Also, the Core i5-12600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-10500H outputs less heat than Core i5-12600KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-12600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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