Intel Core i9-10920X vs Intel Core i5-12600HX

Core i9-10920X vs Core i5-12600HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-10920X performs better than the Core i5-12600HX. Despite this, the Core i5-12600HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i9-10920X has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10920X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600HX. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i5-12600HX outputs less heat than Core i9-10920X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i9-10920X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.