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Key specs
Cores
10
Threads
16
Boost Clock
4.9 GHz
TDP
125 W
Socket
LGA-1700
Process
10 nm
Benchmarks
Rating
58
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
109
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
950
TDP
125 W Boost: 150 W
Cache L3
20MB
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
109
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
950
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2547
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
12,200
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3917
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
27,512
Blender CPU
234.96
iGPU FLOPS
0.7 TFLOPS
GeekBench v6
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
PassMark
Integer math
87.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math
67.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers
90M Primes/sec
Random string sorting
35.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption
18.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression
342.8 MBytes/sec
Physics
1515 Frames/sec
Extended instructions
22B Matrices/sec
Performance Per Watt
Cinebench 2024 / Watt
7.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt
97.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt
220.1 PPW
Blender / Watt
1.88 PPW
General
Vendor
Intel
Released
October 27, 2021
Type
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
Codename
Alder Lake
Model number
i5-12600K
Integrated GPU
UHD Graphics 770
AMD Equivalent
- AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
Successor
- Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
CPU
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 Cores
10
Total Threads
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
Multiplier
37x
L1 Cache
80K (per core)
L2 Cache
9728K (shared)
L3 Cache
20MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Package
Fabrication Process
10 nm
TDP (PL1)
125 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2)
150 W
Socket
LGA-1700
Peak Temperature
100°C
iGPU
Integrated Graphics
Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU Base Clock
300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock
1450 MHz
Shading Units
256
TMUs
16
ROPs
8
Execution Units
32
TGP
15 W
Memory Support
Memory Types
- DDR5-4800 / - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size
128 GB
Memory Channels
2
Max. Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
ECC Support
Yes
Misc
Official Site
Intel Core i5 12600K official page
PCI Express Version
5.0
PCI Express Lanes
20
Technologies
- Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C, SHA - Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TSX - Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x - Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit