Product Compare

Intel Core i9 10940X vs Intel Core i5 12600K

	CPU Intel Core i9 10940X	CPU Intel Core i5 12600K
General Parameters
Release Date	Oct 2019	Oct 2021
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Cascade Lake	Alder Lake
Processor Number	i9-10940X	i5-12600K
Integrated Graphics	N/A	UHD Graphics 770
Package
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	10 nm
Socket	LGA-2066	LGA-1700
Power Consumption	165 W	125 W
Peak Operating Temperature	86 °C	100°C
Max Turbo Power Consumption		150 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	14	6
Performance Core Threads	28	12
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.3 GHz	3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.6 GHz	4.9 GHz
Total Core Count	14	10
Total Thread Count	28	16
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	33x	37x
L1 Cache	64 K per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	1 MB per core	9728 K shared
L3 Cache	20 MB shared	20 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	Yes
Efficiency Cores		4
Efficiency Core Threads		4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency		2.8 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency		3.6 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2933	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size	256 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	4	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	93.8 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	Yes
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0	5.0
PCIe Lanes	48	20
Extended Instruction Set	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
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
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1234	1908
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	21309	17648
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1471	2548
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	11287	12188
Passmark CPU Single Core	2686	3956
Passmark CPU Multi Core	27907	27733