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Intel logo Core i5-12600
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Intel logo Core i5-8600

Intel Core i5-12600 logo Intel Core i5-8600 logo
General information Core i5-12600 Core i5-8600
Launched Q1 2022 Q2 2018
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1700 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Alder Lake Coffee Lake
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 6.1 %
Turbo Clock 4.8 GHz 0 % 4.3 GHz 10.4 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 6 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 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
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 1.25 MB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 18 MB
1 × 9 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 630
Performance Core i5-12600 Core i5-8600
Overall Score 60906 0 % 50362 17.3 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 65 % 24.4 %
Benchmark Score 13761 0 % 6433 53.3 %
Single Thread Score 3849.6 0 % 2587.7 32.8 %
Encrypting Data 12902.7 MB/s 0 % 3170.3 MB/s 75.4 %
Compressing Data 249.1 MB/s 0 % 139 MB/s 44.2 %
String objects sorting 24487.5 thousand/s 0 % 17158 thousand/s 29.9 %
Prime numbers generation 83.7 millions/s 0 % 39 millions/s 53.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 65734 millions/s 0 % 28087.9 millions/s 57.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 51026.3 millions/s 0 % 23422.3 millions/s 54.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-12600, Core i5-8600.

Average frames per second Core i5-12600 Core i5-8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.6 FPS 104.3 FPS
High settings 217.0 FPS 166.8 FPS
Medium settings 271.3 FPS 208.5 FPS
Low settings 339.1 FPS 260.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.1 %

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 i5-8600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 158.0 FPS 139.4 FPS
High settings 252.8 FPS 223.0 FPS
Medium settings 316.0 FPS 278.8 FPS
Low settings 395.1 FPS 348.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.8 %
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