Intel Core i5-12600KF vs Intel Core i7-13800H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 10 core CPU vs Intel 13th 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

9948 points
8% slightly better overall score
9209 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12699 points
9% slightly better gaming score
11569 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9060 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
8514 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8845 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
8394 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

226.61 points
17% slightly higher Blender score
192.82 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
47% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
5.2 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed

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

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

92nd of 1,089
106th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
13th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-5200

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 i7-13800H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12600KF is faster than the Core i7-13800H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13800H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-13800H has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12600KF. Indeed, the Core i7-13800H has 14 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-12600KF. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600KF. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12600KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13800H. Despite this, the Core i7-13800H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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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