Core i9-11900F vs Core i5-12600HX benchmarks
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-11900F performs better than the Core i5-12600HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12600HX in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12600HX has significantly more cores than the Core i9-11900F. Indeed, the Core i5-12600HX has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-11900F. But they both have the same number of threads. In terms of clock speed, the Core i9-11900F and Core i5-12600HX are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i9-11900F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12600HX outputs less heat than Core i9-11900F thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-12600HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-11900F. The Core i5-12600HX also has slightly more L3 cache.
Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-11900F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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