Intel Core i7-11700F vs Intel Core i5-12600

Core i7-11700F vs Core i5-12600 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12600 is faster than the Core i7-11700F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-11700F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-11700F has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-12600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11700F. Despite this, the Core i7-11700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-11700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.