Product Compare

Intel Core i9 12900F vs Intel Core i5 12600K

	CPU Intel Core i9 12900F	CPU Intel Core i5 12600K
General Parameters
Release Date	Jan 2022	Oct 2021
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Core Architecture	Alder Lake-S	Alder Lake
Integrated Graphics	N/A	UHD Graphics 770
Generation	Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)
Instruction Set		x86-64
Processor Number		i5-12600K
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	10 nm
Socket	Intel Socket 1700	LGA-1700
Power Consumption	65 W	125 W
Peak Operating Temperature	72 °C	100°C
Foundry	Intel
Die Size	215 mm²
Package	FC-LGA16A
Max Turbo Power Consumption		150 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	6
Performance Core Threads	16	12
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.4 GHz	3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5.1 GHz	4.9 GHz
Efficiency Cores	8	4
Efficiency Core Threads	8	4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	1800 MHz	2.8 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency	3.8 GHz	3.6 GHz
Total Core Count	16	10
Total Thread Count	24	16
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	24.0	37x
L1 Cache	80 KB per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	1.25 MB per core	9728 K shared
L3 Cache	30 MB shared	20 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	Yes
SMP	1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	Yes
Max Memory Size		128 GB
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version	5	5.0
PCIe Lanes	20	20
Official Website		Official Link ↗
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	1988	1908
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	26455	17648
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2572	2548
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	13687	12188