Product Compare

Intel Core i5 8600K vs Intel Core i5 12500

	CPU Intel Core i5 8600K	CPU Intel Core i5 12500
General Parameters
Release Date	Oct 2017	Jan 2022
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Coffee Lake	Alder Lake-S
Processor Number	i5-8600K	i5-12500
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 630	UHD Graphics 770
Package
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	10 nm
Socket	LGA-1151	LGA-1700
Power Consumption	95 W	65 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	6	6
Performance Core Threads	6	12
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.6 GHz	3.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.3 GHz	4.6 GHz
Total Core Count	6	6
Total Thread Count	6	12
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	36x	30x
L1 Cache	64 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core	1280 K per core
L3 Cache	9 MB shared	18 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2666	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size	128 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	41.6 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	350 MHz	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1150 MHz	1450 MHz
Shader Units	192	256
Texture Units	24	16
Raster Operation Units	3	8
Execution Units	24	32
Power Consumption	15 W	15 W
Max Resolution	4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0	5.0
PCIe Lanes	16	20
Extended Instruction Set	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1201	1805
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	6612	12471
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1649	2032
Geekbench 5 Single Core	1163	1737
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	6050	6066
Geekbench 5 Multi Core	5367	8674
Passmark CPU Single Core	2603	3680
Passmark CPU Multi Core	10201	19747