Intel Core i9-12950HX vs Intel Core i5-12600HX

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9181 points
16% slightly better overall score
7885 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10659 points
8% slightly better gaming score
9821 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8766 points
19% slightly better multitasking score
7348 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8710 points
20% slightly better heavy workload score
7227 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

247.44 points
50% significantly higher Blender score
164.70 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
33% slightly more cores
12

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
2.5 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

55 W
Identical
55 W

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

1280 KiB
33% slightly more L1 cache
960 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

14 MiB
55% significantly more L2 cache
9 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
66% significantly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

111th of 1,111
159th of 1,111

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 May
2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

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