Intel Core i5-12600T vs Intel Core Ultra 5 135U

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 12 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

5246 points
5342 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8031 points
7% slightly better gaming score
7441 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4444 points
4708 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4298 points
4544 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7345 points
8338 points
13% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2043 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1948 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
12
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
14
16% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.1 GHz
Identical
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

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
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7.5 MiB
10 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

333rd of 1,114
320th of 1,114

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core i5-12600T vs Core Ultra 5 135U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12600T is faster than the Core Ultra 5 135U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 135U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12600T. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 135U has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12600T. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600T. In terms of clock speed, the Core i5-12600T and Core Ultra 5 135U are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i5-12600T has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 135U has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i5-12600T. Despite this, the Core i5-12600T has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U.

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 i5-12600T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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