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

Core i9-11900K vs Core i5-12600HX benchmarks

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

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-12600HX has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i9-11900K that has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-11900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600HX. Also, the Core i9-11900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12600HX 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. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-12600HX has more L2 cache than the Core i9-11900K. The Core i5-12600HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

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