Intel Core i5-12600H vs Intel Core i7-11700F. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000H Intel Core i 11000
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
• Generation
  12 11
• Predecessor
  - Intel Core i7-10700F
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  4x Golden Cove -
• B-Core
  8x Gracemont -
• Base Frequency
  2 GHz 2.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  12 8
• CPU Threads
  16 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.5 GHz 4.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
  3.2 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 3.8 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12.1 -
• Execution units
  80 -
• Generation
  13 -
• GPU Frequency
  400 MHz -
• GPU name
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) None
• GPU Turbo
  1400 MHz -
• Max. displays
  4 -
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB -
• Release date
  Q1/2022 -
• Shader
  640 -
• Technology
  10 nm -

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  Decode No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-11700F and Intel Core i5-12600H. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200 DDR4-3200
• PCIe
  4.0 x 28 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 20
• PCIe version
  - 4.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-12600H and Intel Core i7-11700F Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  45 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  95 W 224 W / 56 s

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-12600H and Intel Core i7-11700F, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake H Rocket Lake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L2-Cache
  9 MB 4 MB
• L3-Cache
  18 MB 16 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q1/2021
• Socket
  BGA 1744 LGA 1200
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d