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

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

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12600KF performs better than the Core i9-11900KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11900KF in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12600KF has slightly more cores than the Core i9-11900KF. Indeed, the Core i5-12600KF has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-11900KF. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-12600KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-11900KF. Despite this, the Core i9-11900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-11900KF 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.

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