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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8335 points
4% slightly better overall score
7969 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10716 points
6% slightly better gaming score
10040 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7549 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
7386 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7340 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
7252 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.76 points
25% slightly higher Blender score
164.70 points

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

3.5 GHz
40% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
55 W
127% 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
960 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
9 MiB
125% 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

139th of 1,099
156th of 1,099

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 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

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