Intel Core i5-12600KF vs Intel Core i7-3930K

Core i5-12600KF vs Core i7-3930K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12600KF is faster than the Core i7-3930K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-3930K 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 i7-3930K that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-3930K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-12600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-3930K. Also, the Core i5-12600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-3930K outputs less heat than Core i5-12600KF thanks to a slightly 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.