Intel Core i5 12600K

Intel Core i5 12600K

$188
Casual GamingPhoto EditingHeavy Multitasking
76 Single-Core Performance
44 Multi-Core Performance
51 Power Efficiency
30 Integrated Graphics
61 NanoReview Final Score
1886 Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Technical Specifications

Performance

Total Cores 10
L3 Cache 20MB (shared)
L2 Cache 9728K (shared)
L1 Cache 80K (per core)
TGP 15 W

Graphics

Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770
Execution Units 32

Technical

Vendor Intel
Released October 27, 2021

Other Specifications

File compression 822.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 98.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 261.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 347.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 258.5 pages/sec
Background blur 58.9 images/sec
Photo processing 103.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 22.8 Mpixels/sec
Integer math 87.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 67.2 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 91M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 35.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 18.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 343.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1522 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 22B Matrices/sec
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 7.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 97.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 220.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 1.88 PPW
Type Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64
Codename Alder Lake
Model number i5-12600K
Rival Equivalent AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
P-Cores 6
P-Threads 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz
E-Cores 4
E-Threads 4
Base Frequency (E) 2.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz
Total Threads 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz
Multiplier 37x
Unlocked Multiplier Yes
Fabrication Process 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 150 W
Socket LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 100°C
Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz
Shading Units 256
TMUs 16
ROPs 8
Memory Types
  • - DDR5-4800
  • DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB
Memory Channels 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support Yes
Official Site Intel Core i5 12600K official page
PCI Express Version 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20