Product Compare

Intel Core i5 12600K vs Intel Core i9 12900KS

	CPU Intel Core i5 12600K	CPU Intel Core i9 12900KS
General Parameters
Release Date	Oct 2021	Apr 2022
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Alder Lake	Alder Lake-S
Processor Number	i5-12600K	i9-12900KS
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 770	UHD Graphics 770
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	10 nm
Socket	LGA-1700	LGA-1700
Power Consumption	125 W	150 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	150 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100°C	100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	6	8
Performance Core Threads	12
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.7 GHz	3.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.9 GHz	5.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores	4	8
Efficiency Core Threads	4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	2.8 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency	3.6 GHz
Total Core Count	10	16
Total Thread Count	16	24
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	37x	34x
L1 Cache	80 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	9728 K shared	14 MB shared
L3 Cache	20 MB shared	30 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size	128 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1450 MHz	1550 MHz
Shader Units	256	256
Texture Units	16	16
Raster Operation Units	8	8
Execution Units	32	32
Power Consumption	15 W	15 W
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	5.0
PCIe Lanes	20	20
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1908	2082
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	17648	27796
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2548	2559
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	12188	15546
Passmark CPU Single Core	3956	4357
Passmark CPU Multi Core	27733	44470