Intel Core i9-12900H vs Intel Core i5-12600HX

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8273 points
4% slightly better overall score
7904 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10410 points
6% slightly better gaming score
9796 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7643 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
7380 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7537 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
7268 points

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
16% slightly more cores
12

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
Identical
2.5 GHz

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

141st of 1,093
154th of 1,093

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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