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

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

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

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-12600KF has slightly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i9-11900K has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-12600KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-11900K. Despite this, the Core i9-11900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-11900K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-12600KF CPU because of its slightly 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.