Intel Core i5 9600K vs i5 12600K
We compared two desktop CPUs: the 3.7 GHz Intel Core i5 9600K with 6-cores against the 3.7 GHz i5 12600K with 10-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i5 9600K
- Consumes up to 24% less energy than the Core i5 12600K – 95 vs 125 Watt
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12600K
- Newer - released 3-years and 1-month later
- Has 11 MB larger L3 cache size
- Around 35.2 GB/s (85%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
- Has 4 more physical cores
- Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
- 59% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1915 vs 1203 points
- More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
- 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
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Specifications
General
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Released | October 8, 2018 | October 27, 2021 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Coffee Lake | Alder Lake-S |
| Model number | i5-9600K | i5-12600K |
| Socket | LGA-1151 | LGA-1700 |
| Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics 630 | UHD Graphics 770 |
Performance
| Cores | 6 | 10 |
| Threads | 6 | 16 |
| Base Frequency | 3.7 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 4.6 GHz | 4.9 GHz |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 37x | 37x |
| Bus Bandwidth | 8 GT/s | - |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 256K (per core) | 9728K (shared) |
| L3 Cache | 9MB (shared) | 20MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes | Yes |
Power
| Fabrication process | 14 nm | 10 nm |
| TDP | 95 W | 125 W |
| Max. temperature | 100°C | 100°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | Intel UHD Graphics 770 |
| GPU Base Clock | 350 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1150 MHz | 1450 MHz |
| Shading Units | 192 | 256 |
| TMUs | 24 | 16 |
| ROPs | 3 | 8 |
| Execution Units | 24 | 32 |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
| Max. Resolution | 4096x2304 - 60 Hz | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory support
| Memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 41.6 GB/s | 76.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | Yes |
Misc
| Official site | Intel Core i5 9600K official page | Intel Core i5 12600K official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 | 20 |
| Extended instructions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2 | - |
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