Intel Core i9-11900F vs Intel Core i5-12600T

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8228 points
56% significantly better overall score
5246 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10552 points
31% slightly better gaming score
8031 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7484 points
68% significantly better multitasking score
4444 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7301 points
69% significantly better heavy workload score
4298 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9503 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7345 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2234 points
9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
2043 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
19% slightly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
35 W
85% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache
480 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
7.5 MiB
87% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
18 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

140th of 1,092
323rd of 1,092

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i9-11900F vs Core i5-12600T benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-11900F beats the Core i5-12600T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12600T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-11900F has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12600T. Indeed, the Core i9-11900F has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12600T. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-11900F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600T. Also, the Core i9-11900F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12600T outputs less heat than Core i9-11900F 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 i5-12600T has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-11900F. The Core i5-12600T 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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