Intel Core i9-11900H vs Intel Core i5-12600H

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 12 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

5635 points
0.97% slightly better overall score
5581 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8064 points
8519 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4910 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
4741 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4760 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
4582 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

144.70 points
163.57 points
13% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
2.7 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
Identical
45 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
960 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

283rd of 1,089
286th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-11900H vs Core i5-12600H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-11900H is faster than the Core i5-12600H. Despite this, the Core i5-12600H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12600H has significantly more cores than the Core i9-11900H. Indeed, the Core i5-12600H has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-11900H. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-12600H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-11900H. Despite this, the Core i9-11900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-11900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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