Intel Core i7-5960X vs Intel Core i5-12600H

Compare Intel Core X-series 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 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

5462 points
5581 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6552 points
8519 points
30% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5074 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
4741 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4955 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
4582 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.38 points
163.57 points
15% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed
2.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.5 GHz
4.5 GHz
28% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

140 W
45 W
211% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40
42% many more pcie lanes
28

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

298th of 1,089
286th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-5960X vs Core i5-12600H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12600H is faster than the Core i7-5960X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-5960X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12600H has significantly more cores than the Core i7-5960X. Indeed, the Core i5-12600H has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-5960X. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-5960X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600H. Despite this, the Core i5-12600H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12600H outputs less heat than Core i7-5960X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-5960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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