Intel Core i7-11600H vs Intel Core i5-12600T

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs Intel 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

5170 points
5246 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7209 points
8031 points
11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4538 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
4444 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4400 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
4298 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6559 points
7345 points
11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1926 points
2043 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.92 GHz
38% slightly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
Identical
4.6 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
Identical
128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7.5 MiB
Identical
7.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
Identical
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

329th of 1,089
319th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 August
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-11600H vs Core i5-12600T specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12600T beats the Core i7-11600H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-11600H in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-11600H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12600T. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache and L3 cache.

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 i7-11600H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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