Intel Core i5-12600KF — Specifications and Blender benchmarks

Specifications Benchmarks Synonyms

Specifications

Technical data

CPU generation and family

CPU group
Intel Core i 12000
Family
Intel Core i5
Generation
12
Name
Intel Core i5-12600KF
Predecessor
Intel Core i5-11600KF
Segment
Desktop / Server
Successor
—

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

A-Core
6x Golden Cove
B-Core
4x Gracemont
Base Frequency
3.7 GHz
C-Core
—
Core architecture
hybrid (big.LITTLE)
CPU Cores
10
CPU Threads
16
Hyperthreading / SMT
Yes
Overclocking
Yes
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
4.9 GHz
Turbo Frequency (10 Cores)
4.5 GHz

Internal Graphics

GPU name
None

Hardware codec support

AV1
Decode
H.264 / AVC
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
Decode / Encode
JPEG
Decode / Encode
VC-1
Decode
VP8
Decode
VP9
Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

ECC
No
Max. Memory
256 GB
Memory channels
2
Memory type
DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
PCIe lanes
20
PCIe version
5.0

Encryption

AES-NI
Yes

Thermal Management

Maximum Operating Temperature
100 °C
TDP (PL1, legacy label)
125 W
TDP (PL2)
228 W / 56 s
TDP down
—
TDP up
—

Technical details

Architecture
Alder Lake S
Instruction set (ISA)
x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
L2-Cache
—
L3-Cache
20 MB
Part Number
BX8071512600KF
Release date
Q4/2021
Socket
LGA 1700
Technology
10 nm
Virtualization
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-12600KF CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

No data

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Published results: 10

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settings	Intel Core i5-12600KF
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows	220.177216 samples/min Submissions: 56
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Windows	218.901563 samples/min Submissions: 31
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / macOS	251.408825 samples/min Submissions: 12
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows	208.967218 samples/min Submissions: 20
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Windows	206.745774 samples/min Submissions: 16
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Windows	206.462201 samples/min Submissions: 13
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Linux	273.020219 samples/min Submissions: 56
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows	212.359267 samples/min Submissions: 18
Blender 5.0.0 / CPU / Windows	193.186431 samples/min Submissions: 5
Blender 5.1.1 / CPU / Windows	230.73656 samples/min Submissions: 6

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 14 threads / windows

Result	Reported conditions
6346.264906 H/s	RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 14 threads / windows System RAM: 32 GB OS: Windows NT 10.0 Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. / B760M GAMING AC DDR4 Duration: 157.573 s User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.