Intel Core i5-12600KF vs Intel Core i7-9800X. Specifications

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

• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-11600KF -
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 Intel Core i 9000X
• Generation
  12 9
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• B core
  4x Gracemont -
• A core
  6x Golden Cove -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Turbo (10 Cores)
  4.50 GHz -
• CPU Threads
  16 16
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.90 GHz 4.40 GHz
• CPU Cores
  10 8
• Frequency
  3.70 GHz 3.80 GHz
• Turbo (8 Cores)
  - No turbo

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

• Graphics verification source
  https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000058487/processors.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000027144/processors/intel-core-processors.html
• GPU name
  None None

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

• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-9800X and Intel Core i5-12600KF. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• PCIe lanes
  20 44
• PCIe version
  5.0 3.0
• Memory channels
  2 4
• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  256 GB 128 GB
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR4-2666

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-12600KF and Intel Core i7-9800X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 95 °C
• TDP (PL2)
  228 W / 56 s -
• TDP (PL1)
  125 W 165 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-12600KF and Intel Core i5-12600KF, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Part Number
  BX8071512600KF -
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q4/2018
• Socket
  LGA 1700 LGA 2066
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Skylake X Refresh
• L3-Cache
  20.00 MB 16.50 MB
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)