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

Core i9-11900K vs Core i5-12600 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-11900K is faster than the Core i5-12600. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12600 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-11900K has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-12600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-11900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600. Also, the Core i9-11900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12600 outputs less heat than Core i9-11900K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i9-11900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.