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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

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

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

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-9800X and Intel Core i7-9800X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Release date
  Q4/2018 Q4/2021
• Socket
  LGA 2066 LGA 1700
• Technology
  14 nm 10 nm
• Architecture
  Skylake X Refresh Alder Lake S
• L3-Cache
  16.50 MB 20.00 MB
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• 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)
• Part Number
  - BX8071512600KF