Intel Core i7-8700K vs Intel Core i5-12600KF

Core i7-8700K vs Core i5-12600KF benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12600KF beats the Core i7-8700K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8700K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12600KF has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8700K. Indeed, the Core i5-12600KF has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-8700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8700K. According to our data, the Core i7-8700K and Core i5-12600KF have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i5-12600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8700K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-12600KF CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 i7-8700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.