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

Core i7-11700KF vs Core i5-12600 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12600 is faster than the Core i7-11700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-11700KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-11700KF has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12600. Indeed, the Core i7-11700KF has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12600. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-11700KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600. Also, the Core i7-11700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12600 outputs less heat than Core i7-11700KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-11700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.