Intel Core i5-12600KF vs Intel Core i5-12490F

Core i5-12600KF vs Core i5-12490F specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12600KF performs better than the Core i5-12490F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12490F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-12600KF has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i5-12490F that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12490F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-12600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12490F. Also, the Core i5-12600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12490F 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.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-12600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.