Product Compare

Intel Core i5 12600K vs Intel Core i9 7900X

	CPU Intel Core i5 12600K	CPU Intel Core i9 7900X
General Parameters
Release Date	Oct 2021	May 2017
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Alder Lake	Skylake
Processor Number	i5-12600K	i9-7900X
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 770	N/A
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	14 nm
Socket	LGA-1700	LGA-2066
Power Consumption	125 W	140 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	150 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100°C	95 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	6	10
Performance Core Threads	12	20
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.7 GHz	3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.9 GHz	4.3 GHz
Efficiency Cores	4
Efficiency Core Threads	4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	2.8 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency	3.6 GHz
Total Core Count	10	10
Total Thread Count	16	20
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	37x	33x
L1 Cache	80 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	9728 K shared	1 MB per core
L3 Cache	20 MB shared	14 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200	DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size	128 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	4
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	79.47 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1450 MHz
Shader Units	256
Texture Units	16
Raster Operation Units	8
Execution Units	32
Power Consumption	15 W
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	3.0
PCIe Lanes	20	44
Extended Instruction Set		SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1908	1203
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	17648	14998
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2548	1323
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	12188	8536
Passmark CPU Single Core	3956	2556
Passmark CPU Multi Core	27733	20991