Intel Core i9-7940X vs Intel Core i5-12600T

Compare Intel Core X-series 14 core CPU vs Intel 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5222 points

5246 points

0.46% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6170 points

8031 points

30% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4938 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

4444 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4896 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

4298 points

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Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10511 points

43% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

7345 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1444 points

2043 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

133% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

133% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

47% significantly higher clock speed

2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz

4.6 GHz

6% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

165 W

35 W

371% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

120% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

896 KiB

86% significantly more L1 cache

480 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

38% slightly more L3 cache

18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

324th of 1,089

319th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i9-7940X vs Core i5-12600T benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12600T performs better than the Core i9-7940X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-7940X in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-7940X has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i5-12600T that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600T. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-7940X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12600T.

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 i9-7940X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.