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Is the Intel Core i5-12600 Good for Gaming?
This is relatively new CPU that contains 6 Cores and 12 Threads. The Intel Core i5-12600 also has reasonable threaded performance that will serve well in games. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? Yes, this would be a suitable CPU for gaming. [More ...]
Description: Intel UHD Graphics 770
Class: Desktop
Socket: LGA 1700
Clockspeed: 3.3 GHz
Turbo Speed: 4.8 GHz
Cores: 6 Threads: 12
Typical TDP: 65 W
TDP Up: 117 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 48 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 1280 KB
L3 Cache: 18 MB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 128 GB (Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s, Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s, ECC Supported)
Other names: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12600, 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12600
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2022
CPUmark/$Price: 78.18
Overall Rank:
585th fastest in multithreading out of 4840 CPUs
153rd fastest in single threading out of 4840 CPUs
200th fastest in out of 1381 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $271.99 USD (2024-08-16)
| Integer Math | 65,908 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 51,315 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 83 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 24,631 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 12,793 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 254,395 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 1,293 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 17,219 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 3,813 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 59,128 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,484 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,127 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,608 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,888 | |
| Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | 21,868 | |
| Intel Core i5-12600 | 21,264 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,273 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,750 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,536 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,168 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 219.16 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 183.18 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 157.14 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 149.86 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 138.56 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.62 | |
| Intel Core i5-12600 | 78.18 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 57.10 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,624 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,163 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,030 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,909 | |
| Intel Core i5-12600 | 3,813 | |
| Apple M1 Pro 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,806 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,693 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,360 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,929 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,567 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2188725 - Sep 07 2024 | 21516 | |
| BL2188279 - Sep 06 2024 | 20188 | |
| BL2185488 - Sep 03 2024 | 22165 | |
| BL2185476 - Sep 03 2024 | 22676 | |
| BL2185136 - Sep 02 2024 | 21823 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-12600 | 21,264 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT vs Intel Core i5-12600 | 18,641 (-12.3%) | |
| Intel Core i5-13400F vs Intel Core i5-12600 | 25,197 (+18.5%) | |
| Intel Core i9-11900K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-12600 | 25,261 (+18.8%) | |
| Intel Core i7-11700K @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i5-12600 | 24,603 (+15.7%) | |
| Intel Core i7-11700KF @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i5-12600 | 23,972 (+12.7%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i5-12600 | 23,151 (+8.9%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs Intel Core i5-12600 | 21,574 (+1.5%) | |
| Intel Core i7-12700T vs Intel Core i5-12600 | 21,536 (+1.3%) | |
| Intel Core i7-11700F @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-12600 | 20,996 (-1.3%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Intel Core i5-12600 | 19,880 (-6.5%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core i5-12600 | 19,408 (-8.7%) | |
| Intel Core i5-12400 vs Intel Core i5-12600 | 19,373 (-8.9%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 9,362 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 9,268 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,240 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 9,035 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,498 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 8,394 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 8,091 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900KF | 7,963 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 7,831 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,780 | |
| Intel Core i7-13790F | 7,746 | |
| Intel Core i7-14700K | 7,532 | |
| Intel Core i5-12600 | 4,479 |
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