Intel Core i7-9700KF vs Intel Core i5-12600H

Core i7-9700KF vs Core i5-12600H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12600H beats the Core i7-9700KF in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9700KF 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 i7-9700KF. Indeed, the Core i5-12600H has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-9700KF. It also has more threads than the Core i7-9700KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-9700KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600H. Also, the Core i7-9700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12600H outputs less heat than Core i7-9700KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-12600H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-9700KF. The Core i5-12600H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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. For instance, the Core i7-9700KF has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.