Intel Core i5-12600KF vs Intel Pentium Silver N6000. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Pentium
• Generation
  12 10
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 Intel Pentium N6000
• 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.

• Frequency
  3.70 GHz 1.10 GHz
• CPU Cores
  10 4
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.90 GHz 3.30 GHz
• CPU Threads
  16 4
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• A core
  6x Golden Cove -- Tremont
• B core
  4x Gracemont --

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

• GPU name
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32 (Alder Lake S) Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Elkhart Lake)
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz 0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.45 GHz 0.85 GHz
• Execution units
  32 32
• Shader
  256 256
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB --
• Max. displays
  4 3
• Generation
  12 11
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q1/2021

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Pentium Silver N6000 and Intel Core i5-12600KF. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR4-2933
• Max. Memory
  256 GB 32 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  5.0 3.0
• PCIe lanes
  20 12

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-12600KF and Intel Pentium Silver N6000 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  125 W 6 W
• TDP (PL2)
  228 W / 56 s 20 W
• TDP down
  -- 4.8 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C --

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

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L2-Cache
  -- 1.50 MB
• L3-Cache
  20.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Jasper Lake
• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  LGA 1700 BGA 1090
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q4/2021
• Part Number
  BX8071512600KF --