Product Compare

Intel Core i9 12900T vs Intel Core i5 12600

	CPU Intel Core i9 12900T	CPU Intel Core i5 12600
General Parameters
Release Date	Jan 2022	Jan 2022
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Core Architecture	Alder Lake-S	Alder Lake
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 770	UHD Graphics 770
Generation	Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)
Instruction Set		x86-64
Processor Number		i5-12600
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	10 nm
Socket	Intel Socket 1700	LGA-1700
Power Consumption	35 W	65 W
Peak Operating Temperature	72 °C	100°C
Foundry	Intel
Die Size	215 mm²
Package	FC-LGA16A
Max Turbo Power Consumption		117 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	6
Performance Core Threads	16	6
Performance Core Base Frequency	1.4 GHz	3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.9 GHz	4.8 GHz
Efficiency Cores	8
Efficiency Core Threads	8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	1000 MHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency	3.6 GHz
Total Core Count	16	6
Total Thread Count	24	12
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	14.0	33x
L1 Cache	80 KB per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	1.25 MB per core	1280 K per core
L3 Cache	30 MB shared	18 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
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
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1550 MHz	1450 MHz
Execution Units	32	32
Shader Units		256
Texture Units		16
Raster Operation Units		8
Power Consumption		15 W
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5	5.0
PCIe Lanes	20	20
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1865	1853
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	22804	13367
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2362	2536
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	12384	10456
Blender	153	180