Intel Core i9-10900F vs Intel Core i5-12600HX

Core i9-10900F vs Core i5-12600HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12600HX is faster than the Core i9-10900F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900F in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12600HX has slightly more cores than the Core i9-10900F. Indeed, the Core i5-12600HX has 12 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i9-10900F. Despite this, the Core i9-10900F has more threads than the Core i5-12600HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600HX. Also, the Core i9-10900F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12600HX outputs less heat than Core i9-10900F thanks to a slightly 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 i5-12600HX has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10900F. Despite this, the Core i9-10900F has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-12600HX.

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 i9-10900F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.