Intel Core i7-6950X vs Intel Core i5-12600H

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 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

5504 points
5581 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6279 points
8519 points
35% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5261 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
4741 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5214 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score
4582 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185.36 points
13% slightly higher Blender score
163.57 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
12
20% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
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

128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB
960 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB
4 MiB
60% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB
38% slightly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

293rd 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

2016 May
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2400
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-6950X vs Core i5-12600H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12600H performs better than the Core i7-6950X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6950X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-12600H has slightly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-6950X has 10 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-6950X has more threads than the Core i5-12600H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-6950X 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 i7-6950X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-12600H has more L2 cache than the Core i7-6950X. Despite this, the Core i7-6950X has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-12600H.

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 i7-6950X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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