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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8255 points
4% slightly better overall score
7904 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8878 points
9796 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8031 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
7380 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7960 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
7268 points

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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

3.7 GHz
47% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB
9 MiB
259% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
11% slightly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

143rd of 1,093
154th of 1,093

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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