Intel Core i7-12800HX vs Intel Core i5-14600K

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 16 core CPU vs Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 14 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

6916 points
12025 points
73% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8678 points
14272 points
64% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6372 points
11307 points
77% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6299 points
11156 points
77% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9505 points
10606 points
11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

257.78 points
303.53 points
17% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

22456 points
24491 points
9% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
14% slightly more cores
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
20% slightly more threads
20

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
3.5 GHz
75% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
5.3 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed

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
192 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
20 MiB
400% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB
4% slightly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

197th of 1,089
53rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Core i5 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 May
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-12800HX vs Core i5-14600K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-14600K beats the Core i7-12800HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12800HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12800HX has slightly more cores than the Core i5-14600K. Indeed, the Core i7-12800HX has 16 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core i5-14600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14600K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-14600K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800HX. Also, the Core i5-14600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-14600K has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-12800HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12800HX has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-14600K.

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 i7-12800HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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