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Intel logo Core i5-12600K
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Intel logo Core i9-10900

Intel Core i5-12600K logo Intel Core i9-10900 logo
General information Core i5-12600K Core i9-10900
Launched Q4 2021 Q2 2020
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 FCLGA1200
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i9
Core Family Name Alder Lake Comet Lake
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 24.3 %
Turbo Clock 4.9 GHz 5.8 % 5.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 10 0 %
Threads 16 20 % 20 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 65 W 56.7 %
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
10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 1.25 MB
10 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 630
Performance Core i5-12600K Core i9-10900
Overall Score 65077 0 % 59881 8 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 76 % 10.6 %
Benchmark Score 17936 0 % 12857 28.3 %
Single Thread Score 3953 0 % 3002.7 24 %
Encrypting Data 18387.3 MB/s 0 % 7057 MB/s 61.6 %
Compressing Data 340.6 MB/s 0 % 307 MB/s 9.9 %
String objects sorting 36160.5 thousand/s 6.6 % 38714.5 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 92.8 millions/s 0 % 56.4 millions/s 39.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 87544.4 millions/s 0 % 79168.2 millions/s 9.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 66914.3 millions/s 0 % 48549.5 millions/s 27.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-12600K, Core i9-10900.

Average frames per second Core i5-12600K Core i9-10900
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 148.0 FPS 132.6 FPS
High settings 236.8 FPS 212.1 FPS
Medium settings 296.1 FPS 265.1 FPS
Low settings 370.1 FPS 331.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.4 %

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 i5-12600K Core i9-10900
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 165.3 FPS 156.1 FPS
High settings 264.4 FPS 249.8 FPS
Medium settings 330.5 FPS 312.2 FPS
Low settings 413.2 FPS 390.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.5 %
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