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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: 88.93
Overall Rank:
561st fastest in multithreading out of 4770 CPUs
138th fastest in single threading out of 4770 CPUs
191st fastest in out of 1369 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $239.00 USD (2024-07-16)
| Integer Math | 65,924 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 51,313 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 84 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 24,605 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 12,790 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 254,364 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 1,291 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 17,207 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 3,811 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
 | $239.00 USD | Buy Now! |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 59,235 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,481 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,150 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,619 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,050 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,894 | |
| Intel Core i5-12600 | 21,255 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,284 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,754 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,535 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,172 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 221.95 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 168.43 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 146.82 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 138.27 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 134.63 | |
| Intel Core i5-12600 | 88.93 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.64 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 55.41 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,629 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,166 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,032 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,919 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,837 | |
| Intel Core i5-12600 | 3,811 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,695 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,360 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,930 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,567 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2152169 - Jul 23 2024 | 22275 | |
| BL2149214 - Jul 19 2024 | 17845 | |
| BL2146911 - Jul 17 2024 | 22146 | |
| BL2140032 - Jul 07 2024 | 22007 | |
| BL2140027 - Jul 07 2024 | 22007 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i5-12600 | 21,255 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400 vs Intel Core i5-12600 | 19,383 (-8.8%) | |
| Intel Core i5-13400F vs Intel Core i5-12600 | 25,212 (+18.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-12500 vs Intel Core i5-12600 | 19,895 (-6.4%) | |
| Intel Core i5-12500T vs Intel Core i5-12600 | 16,578 (-22.0%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X vs Intel Core i5-12600 | 28,497 (+34.1%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600 vs Intel Core i5-12600 | 27,128 (+27.6%) | |
| Intel Core i9-11900K @ 3.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-12600 | 25,280 (+18.9%) | |
| Intel Core i5-13400 vs Intel Core i5-12600 | 24,902 (+17.2%) | |
| Intel Core i7-11700K @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i5-12600 | 24,622 (+15.8%) | |
| Intel Core i7-11700KF @ 3.60GHz vs Intel Core i5-12600 | 23,977 (+12.8%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i5-12600 | 23,159 (+9.0%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs Intel Core i5-12600 | 21,572 (+1.5%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,316 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 9,272 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 9,028 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,528 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 8,385 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 8,104 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900KF | 8,009 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 7,877 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,787 | |
| Intel Core i7-13790F | 7,746 | |
| Intel Core i7-14700K | 7,542 | |
| Intel Core i7-14700KF | 7,533 | |
| Intel Core i5-12600 | 4,477 |
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