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Intel logo Core i5-12600
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General information Core i5-12600 Core i7-6900K
Launched Q1 2022 Q2 2016
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1700 FCLGA2011-3
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Alder Lake Broadwell-E
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.2 GHz 3 %
Turbo Clock 4.8 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 16.7 %
Cores 6 25 % 8 0 %
Threads 12 25 % 16 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 53.6 % 140 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 10 nm 28.6 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 48 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 1.25 MB
8 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 18 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i5-12600 Core i7-6900K
Overall Score 60908 0 % 55285 9.2 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 53 % 38.4 %
Benchmark Score 13762 0 % 9342 32.1 %
Single Thread Score 3849.6 0 % 2359 38.7 %
Encrypting Data 12815 MB/s 0 % 4019.5 MB/s 68.6 %
Compressing Data 247.4 MB/s 0 % 219.3 MB/s 11.4 %
String objects sorting 24907.2 thousand/s 12.4 % 28445.6 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 84.2 millions/s 0 % 64.1 millions/s 23.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 65805 millions/s 0 % 51114.1 millions/s 22.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 51646.9 millions/s 0 % 33123.4 millions/s 35.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-12600, Core i7-6900K.

Average frames per second Core i5-12600 Core i7-6900K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.7 FPS 118.9 FPS
High settings 217.0 FPS 190.3 FPS
Medium settings 271.3 FPS 237.8 FPS
Low settings 339.1 FPS 297.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 12.3 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i5-12600 Core i7-6900K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 157.8 FPS 147.9 FPS
High settings 252.5 FPS 236.7 FPS
Medium settings 315.6 FPS 295.8 FPS
Low settings 394.5 FPS 369.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.3 %
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