Intel Core i9-9900KS vs Intel Core i5-12600HX

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7509 points
7826 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9220 points
9483 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6930 points
7371 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6769 points
7268 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

173.21 points
5% slightly higher Blender score
164.70 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.01 GHz
60% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

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

127 W
55 W
130% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

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

512 KiB
960 KiB
87% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
9 MiB
350% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
18 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

170th of 1,098
157th of 1,098

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i9
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

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