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A mid-to-upper-range Intel Core i5 12600KF processor with strong single-core performance (72/100). Suited for everyday productivity.
| Single-Core Performance | 72 /100 |
| Multi-Core Performance | 43 /100 |
| Power Efficiency | 49 /100 |
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| TDP | 125 W |
| Transistor size | 10 nm |
| Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 108 |
| Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 951 |
| Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 2598 |
| Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 12932 |
| File compression | 1020 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 97.5 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 304.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 396.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 263.3 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 57.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 118.2 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 22.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 3917 |
| Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 27540 |
| Integer math | 87.8 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 67 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 90M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 35.6M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 18.4 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 342.5 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 1546 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 22B Matrices/sec |
| Blender CPU | 225.04 |
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 7.6 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 103.5 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 220.3 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 1.8 PPW |
| [Performance Cores] | — |
| P-Cores | 6 |
| P-Threads | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3.7 GHz |
| [Efficient Cores] | — |
| E-Cores | 4 |
| E-Threads | 4 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.8 GHz |
| [Total] | — |
| Total Cores | 10 |
| Total Threads | 16 |
| Multiplier | 37x |
| L1 Cache | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 9728K (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes |
| Integrated Graphics | — |
| GPU Boost Clock | — |
| Shading Units | — |
| TMUs | — |
| ROPs | — |
| Execution Units | — |
| iGPU FLOPS | — |
| Memory Types | - DDR5-4800 - DDR4-3200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No |
| Vendor | Intel |
| Released | October 27, 2021 |
| Type | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Codename | Alder Lake |
| Model number | i5-12600KF |
| Integrated GPU | No |
| Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| Transistors | — |
| Fabrication Process | 10 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 125 W |
| Socket | LGA-1700 |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C |
Apple M5 Max (32-сore GPU)
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