Core i9-9900KS vs Core i5-12600HX specs and performance
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12600HX performs better than the Core i9-9900KS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900KS in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-12600HX has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i9-9900KS that has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9900KS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12600HX. Also, the Core i9-9900KS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12600HX outputs less heat than Core i9-9900KS thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-12600HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900KS. The Core i5-12600HX also has slightly more L3 cache.
The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-9900KS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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