Nashqada Alder Lake^{(Alder Lake)} ee Intel ayaa ah tii ugu dambeyntii dib ugu soo celisay soo-saareyaasha shirkadda iftiinka. Waxay hadda awoodaan inay mar kale la tartamaan AMD, dadkuna way ogaanayaan. Dhaqan ahaan, soo-saareyaasha dhex-dhexaadka ah ee Intel waa moodooyinka Core i5 - kuwa innaga badan, ugu yaraan kuwa daneeya qiimaha dhinac kasta oo waxqabad ah, raadi. Qaabkii ugu dambeeyay, oo lagu magacaabo Intel Core i5-12600K, wuxuu la socdaa toban koor iyo 16 threads wuxuuna gaari karaa xawaarihiisa shaqo ilaa 4.9GHz isagoon dhididka jabin. Waanu tijaabinay oo ku ciyaarnay, haddana waxaan diyaar u nahay inaan ku tusino waxay samayn karto. Akhri oo ogow in Intel Core i5-12600K uu yahay CPU ay tahay inaad u soo iibsato kumbuyuutarkaaga:

Intel Core i5-12600K: yaa u fiican?

Processor-kani waa mid ka mid ah doorashooyinka ugu fiican ee aad samayn karto haddii:

• Waxaad rabtaa CPU leh waxqabad ciyaar oo heer sare ah
• Waxaad raadinaysaa processor awood leh oo xamili kara wax kasta oo aad ku tuurto
• Waxa kaliya oo aad damacsan tahay in aad ku bixiso lacag macquul ah kana fogow qalabka leh qiimayaal xad dhaaf ah

Faa'iidada iyo khasaaraha

Waxaa jira waxyaabo badan oo wanaagsan oo laga sheego Intel Core i5-12600K:

Ka eeg qiimaha:

Buy now

• Mid ka mid ah soo-saareyaasha ciyaaraha ugu fiican ee laga heli karo suuqa hadda
• 10 cores iyo 16 threads oo bixiya waxqabadka dunta badan ee heersare ah
• Xawaaraha sare^(High-speed) ee lagu gaadhay xawaaraha turbo (4.9 GHz )
• Taageerada PCI Express 5.0
• Waxay ku shaqayn kartaa xusuusta DDR5 iyo DDR4 labadaba^(DDR4)
• Qiimaha macquulka ah ee processor-ka heerkiisa

Waxa kale oo jira qaar ka mid ah cilladaha:

• Marka loo barbardhigo AMD beddelkeeda, waa processor-ka awood-gaajaysan
• Intel kuma xidho qaboojiye CPU -gan^(CPU)

Xukun

Intel Core i5-12600K waa processor - ka guud ee^(THE) desktop-ka ee ciyaaraha wakhtiga dib u eegista. Dhibcaheeda bartilmaameedyadu aad ayay u fiican yihiin, wax qabadkeeduna saamigii qiimaha ayaa ka wanaagsan midka tartanka. Haddii aad hadda dhisayso kumbiyuutar cusub oo ciyaaraha ah, processor-ka Core i5-12600K waa doorasho aad u fiican. Waxaan si diiran ugula talineynaa dhammaan akhristayaashayada, maadaama ay tahay mid ka mid ah CPU-yada desktop-ka ugu fiican suuqa.

Furaha processor -ka Intel Core i5-12600K

Sida dhammaan soo-saareyaasha jiilka 12-aad ee Intel, Intel Core i5-12600K waxaa lagu dhex baakadeeyay sanduuq yar oo buluug ah. Naqshadeedu waa mid fudud oo kaliya waxay kuu sheegaysaa processor-ka aad soo iibsatay. Ma jiraan tilmaamo farsamo oo badan oo taxan, marka laga reebo xaqiiqda ah in CPU uu furan yahay iyo in uu isticmaalo godka LGA1700^{(LGA1700 socket)} .

Baakadaha loo isticmaalo Intel Core i5-12600K

Dhabarka dambe ee sanduuqu waa mid fudud sida kan hore, laakiin waxa uu leeyahay gooyn soo bandhigaysa processor-ka dhabta ah ee Intel Core i5-12600K. Baakadda gudaheeda, waxa jira processor-ka iyo buug yar oo ka kooban buug-gacmeedka rakibidda iyo faahfaahinta dammaanadda.

Intel Core i5-12600K: Dhabarka dambe ee sanduuqa

Furitaanka processor-ka Intel Core i5-12600K waa dhakhso, maadaama xirmada ay ka kooban tahay kaliya waxyaabaha daruuriga ah. Nasiib darro, shirkadu kuma xidho qaboojiye CPU-gan.^{(Unboxing the Intel Core i5-12600K processor is quick, as the package contains only the essentials. Unfortunately, the company doesn’t bundle a cooler with this CPU.)}

Tilmaamaha qalabka

Core i5-12600K waa xulashada dhexda dhexe ee Intel oo ka socota qoyska Alder Lake ee soo - saareyaasha desktop-ka. Qiimaha lagu taliyay marka la bilaabayo waa 289 ~ 299 USD , in kasta oo taasi aanay ahayn tii aanu ku aragnay dukaamada, halkaas oo ay ku qoran tahay ilaa 20 USD dheeraad ah. Haddii aad doorato inaad lacagtaada ku bixiso Intel Core i5-12600K, waxaad heli doontaa toban cores, 16 threads, 20 MB of Intel Smart Cache , iyo Intel UHD Graphics 770 chip oo isku dhafan.

Fiiri Intel Core i5-12600K

Sida ay ku dhisan tahay dhismaha Alder Lake , soo-saareyaashu isku mid maaha, qaarna way ka dheereeyaan kuwa kale. Tobanka koor, lix ka mid ah waa koorayaasha waxqabadka (sidoo kale loo yaqaan P-cores ) kuwaas oo ku shaqeeya saacad salka ah 3.7 GHz iyo turbo kor u 4.9 GHz . Afarta xargo ee kale waa koofiyadaha waxtarka leh (ama E-cores) kuwaas oo ku shaqeeya inta jeer ee caadiga ah ee 2.8 GHz waxayna gaari karaan xawaaraha ugu badan ee 3.6 GHz .

P-cores-yadu waxay^(P-cores) qabtaan hawlaha ugu baahida badan, halka E-cores ay qabtaan hawlaha dhibka yar. Sida iska cad, xudunta waxqabadka ayaa ah kuwa sameeya kor u qaadista culus ee ciyaaraha iyo codsiyada canshuuraha. Farqiga kale ee muhiimka ah ee u dhexeeya labada qaybood ee kombuyuutarrada jiilka 12-aad ee soo-saareyaasha Intel waa in kombuyuutarrada wax-qabadku ay la yimaadaan HyperThreading , halka koorayaasha hufnaantu aysan ahayn. Taasi waxay keenaysaa tirada aan caadiga ahayn ee dunta. Qalabka Intel Core i5-12600K ee aan maanta tijaabineyno, waxaan helnaa 16 threads sababtoo ah waxay leedahay 6 P-cores oo leh 2 threads midkiiba (marka wadarta 12 threads), iyo 4 kale oo E-cores ah mid kasta oo leh hal dun.

Qeybta hoose ee Intel Core i5-12600K

Dhinaca hoose, si loo hadlo, waa in soo-saareyaasha Intel's Alder Lake ay u baahan yihiin Windows 11 si ay ugu shaqeeyaan. Markaa halka Intel Core i5-12600K uu si fiican ugu shaqeyn doono Windows 10 ama Linux , tusaale ahaan, waxaad kaliya ka heli doontaa awooddeeda dhabta ah Windows 11 sababtoo ah, hadda, waa nidaamka kaliya ee hawlgalka ee yaqaana sida loo maareeyo kala duwanaanshahooda (waxqabadkooda) iyo hufnaanta) xudunta. Faahfaahin dheeraad ah, akhri Windows 11 vs. Windows 10 on 12th Gen Intel Core Processors .

Xagga xusuusta, Intel Core i5-12600K wuxuu taageeraa ilaa 128 GB ee DDR4 ama DDR5 RAM . Waa inaad doorataa Motherboard-ka saxda ah ka hor inta aadan iibsan RAM -ka sababtoo ah suuqa ma jiraan boorar ku habboon labada nooc ee xusuusta.

U guurista taageerada PCI Express , waa inaad ogaataa in Intel Core i5-12600K ay taageerto labadaba 5.0 iyo 4.0. Waxay leedahay 20 waddooyin PCIe ah oo loo kala qaybin karo inta u dhaxaysa kaararka garaafyada ( x16 ) iyo NVMe -dariiq adag (x4). Taas beddelkeeda, waxa kale oo loo isticmaali karaa qaabaynta laba qaybood x8 iyo hal x4.

Faahfaahinta ku saabsan Intel Core i5-12600K waxaa muujiyay CPU-Z

Ugu dambeyntiina, dhowr kelmadood oo ku saabsan isticmaalka awoodda: Intel waxay ka tagtay adeegsiga cabbiraadaha TDP ee caadiga ah (Thermal Design Power)^{(TDP (Thermal Design Power))} ee soo-saareyaasheeda 12-aad ee Gen , taa beddelkeeda waxay bixisay faahfaahin ku saabsan Awoodda Saldhigga Processor^{(Processor Base Power)} iyo qiyamka Awoodda Turbo ee ugu sarreysa. ^{(Maximum Turbo Power)}PBP ( Processor Base Power ) waxay qeexaysaa cadadka tamarta korantada ee CPU looga baahan yahay xaaladaha caadiga ah, halka MTP ( Ugu badnaan Turbo Power^{(Maximum Turbo Power)} ) uu qeexayo shuruudaha ugu sarreeya ee CPU marka uu ku socdo xawaaraha turbo ee ugu sarreeya. Dhanka Intel Core i5-12600K,PBP waa 125 Watts, MTP -na waa 150 Watts.

Haddii aad rabto inaad hubiso dhammaan tilmaamaha farsamada ee Intel Core i5-12600K, booqo boggeeda rasmiga ah: Intel Core i5-12600K Product Specifications .

Intel's Core i5-12600K wuxuu leeyahay tafaasiil aad u wanaagsan iyo qaab dhismeedka asalka ah ee ka dhigaya tartame xooggan qaybta soo-saareyaasha desktop-ka dhexe. Xawaaraha ugu badan ee turbo-ga waa xishoodka 5 GHz (4.9 GHz), taas oo naga dhigaysa inaan rumaysanahay inay u tahay CPU weyn ciyaaraha. Hadda aan aragno waxa bartilmaameedyadu noo sheegaan:^{(Intel’s Core i5-12600K has excellent specs and an original architecture that make it a strong competitor in the mid-range desktop processors segment. Its maximum turbo speed is just shy of 5 GHz (4.9 GHz), which makes us believe that it’s a great CPU for gaming. Now let’s see what the benchmarks tell us:)}

Waxqabadka bartilmaameedyada iyo ciyaaraha

Waxaan ku tijaabinay processor-ka Intel Core i5-12600K kombuyutarka oo wata qalabkan iyo software-yada soo socda:

• Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX B660-F GAMING WIFI
• Xusuusta: ADATA XPG Lancer DDR5 RAM (2 x 16GB, 5200MHz)
• Kaarka garaafyada: ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
• Kaydinta: ADATA Legend 840 PCIe Gen4 X4 M.2 2280 Solid State Drive
• Cutubka Korontada: ASUS ROG Thor 850W Platinum
• Nidaamka hawlgalka: Windows 11 Pro Version 21H2 Dhis 22000.527^{(Build 22000.527)}

Si loo helo fikrad cad oo ku saabsan waxqabadka uu bixiyo Intel Core i5-12600K, waxaan barbar dhignay walaalkeed ka awood badan, Intel Core i7-12700K (ilaa 5.0GHz, 12 cores, iyo 20 dun). Si kastaba ha ahaatee, hal dhinac oo aad muhiim u ah ayaa ah, kan dambe, waxaan haysanay qalab kala duwan oo qalabaysan markaan dib u eegnay ( ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Extreme , Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 Memory , ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 ). Tirooyinka aan ku helnay bartilmaameedyada waxaa saameeya qalabyada kala duwan ee aan isticmaalnay, laakiin wali waa inay noqdaan tilmaameyaal wanaagsan oo muujinaya waxqabadka aad ka hesho i5-12600K iyo i7-12700K.

Waxaan ku bilownay in aan wadno CPU-Z^(CPU-Z) si aan u cabbirno waxqabadka hal-thread-ka processor-ka. Waxaan helnay dhibco aad u wanaagsan oo ah 732 dhibcood, oo aan ka fogeyn 792 dhibcood ee uu gaaray i7-12700K (taas oo 8.2% ka wanaagsan).

Natiijooyinka bartilmaameedka Intel Core^{(Intel Core)} i5-12600K: CPU-Z Single Thread

Marka la eego bartilmaameedka Multi- string ee CPU-Z , ^(CPU-Z)Intel Core i5-12600K wuxuu awooday inuu helo dhibco 7005 ah. Waxaa jira tiro yar oo la heli karo marka la barbar dhigo i7-12700K, waxayna muujineysaa: kan dambe wuxuu ku saabsan yahay 32% ka wanaagsan. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, natiijadu wali waa mid cajiib ah fasalkeeda.

Natiijooyinka bartilmaameedka Intel Core^{(Intel Core)} i5-12600K: CPU-Z Multi Thread

U guurista jaangooyooyinka samaynta, gudaha Cinebench R23 , Intel Core i5-12600K waxay maamushay dhibcaha dhammaan-cores ee 16843 dhibcood. Sidoo kale waa natiijo aad u fiican (i7-12700K waa 31.3% dhakhso ah).

Natiijooyinka bartilmaameedka Intel Core^{(Intel Core)} i5-12600K: Cinebench R23

Blender dhexdeeda, waxaanu dooranay inaanu samayno bmw27^(bmw27) iyo muuqaalada fasalka^(classroom) . Halkan, marka ay gaaban tahay wakhtiga wax-bixinta, ayaa ka sii fiican. Intel Core i5-12600K wuxuu u baahday 9.2 daqiiqo, taasoo 33.3% ka badan 6.9 daqiiqo ee ay i7-12700K ku qaadatay isla shaqooyin isku mid ah. Laakiin wali waa natiijo aad u fiican.

Natiijooyinka bartilmaameedka Intel Core^{(Intel Core)} i5-12600K: Blender

Waxaa ku xigtay PCMark 10 , go-to software-ka marka aad u baahan tahay inaad cabbirto waxqabadka kombuyuutarka ee hawlaha guud sida daalacashada webka, shirarka fiidiyowga, shaqada xafiiska, iyo abuurista nuxurka dhijitaalka ah. Intel Core i5-12600K , waxaanu helnay dhibco dhan 6970, taasoo noo sheegaysa in kumbiyuutar kasta oo Processor-kani ku rakiban yahay uu aad ugu degdegi doono hawl maalmeedka.

Natiijooyinka bartilmaameedka Intel Core^{(Intel Core)} i5-12600K: PCMark 10

Si loo xaqiijiyo bayaankeenii hore, Intel Core i5-12600K wuxuu go'aansaday in uu helo dhibco isku mid ah JetStream 2 bartilmaameedka browserka i7-12700K. 🙂 Si kale haddii loo dhigo, marka browska webku ku lug leeyahay, processor-ka la tijaabiyay wuxuu u dheereeyaa sida walaalkiis ka weyn.

Natiijooyinka bartilmaameedka Intel Core^{(Intel Core)} i5-12600K: JetStream 2

7-Zip, Intel Core i5-12600K waxa uu gaadhay xadiga isku xidhka 77.5MB/s. Way ka gaabis tahay i7-12700K (13.9%) laakiin wali waa natiijo aad u cajiib ah iyadoo la tixgelinayo xargaha iyo dunta yar.

Natiijooyinka bartilmaameedka Intel Core^{(Intel Core)} i5-12600K: 7-Zip Compression

Si la mid ah, xawaaraha depression ee lagu qiyaasay 7-Zip wuxuu ahaa mid aad u fiican, laakiin maaha mid la mid ah i7-12700K-dhamaadka sare (taas oo ah 19.7% dhakhso ah).

Natiijooyinka bartilmaameedka Intel Core^{(Intel Core)} i5-12600K: 7-Zip Decompression

Waxaan sii wadnay halbeeg lagu qiimeeyo waxqabadka soo-saareyaasha ee ciyaaraha: 3DMark Profile CPU^{(CPU Profile)} . Sida ciyaaraha badankoodu ay maanta u garanayaan sida loo sameeyo dunta badan, waxaanu is barbar dhignay dhammaan natiijooyinka asaasiga ah. Intel Core i5-12600K wuxuu maamulay dhibco dhan 7962 dhibcood. Waxay u ekaan kartaa daciif marka loo eego i7-12700K CPU , laakiin dhab ahaantii waa natiijo aad u wanaagsan oo ku tilmaamaysa processor-kan inuu yahay doorasho aad u wanaagsan ciyaaraha.

Natiijooyinka bartilmaameedka Intel Core^{(Intel Core)} i5-12600K: 3DMark Profile CPU^{(CPU Profile)}

FIIRO GAAR AH:^{(NOTE: )} Si looga fogaado ciribtirka GPU^(GPU) -da sida ugu badan ee suurtogalka ah, jaangooyooyinka ciyaarta, waxaan isticmaalnay xallinta 1080p iyo goobaha tayada muuqaalka ugu hooseeya. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, sida aan ku soo sheegnay bilawga qaybtan, natiijooyinka aan helnay waxay la socdaan qalabyo kala duwan, oo ay ku jiraan cutubka sawirada. Markaa, wax walba halkan ka soo qaado hadhuudh milix ah.

Hooska Tomb ^(Shadow)Raider^{(Tomb Raider)} , annagoo adeegsanayna Intel Core i5-12600K, waxaan ku cabbirnay qaab-dhismeedka 191fps. Kama foga waxa aan ka helnay Intel Core i7-12700K.

Natiijooyinka bartilmaameedka Intel Core^{(Intel Core)} i5-12600K: Hooska^(Shadow) Raider -ka Tomb^{(Tomb Raider)}

In Metro Exodus , oo ah hal ciyaar oo aad u baahi badan, kaadhka garaafyada ee GeForce RTX 3050 wuxuu caddeeyey inuu caqabad ku yahay CPU -gayada . Sidaas oo ay tahay, waxaan helnay natiijo aad u wanaagsan: 165 fareeshka ilbiriqsikii.

Natiijooyinka bartilmaameedka Intel Core^{(Intel Core)} i5-12600K: Metro Exodus

Sidoo kale, Assassin 's Creed Valhalla , kaadhka garaafyada uma oggolaanin Intel Core i5-12600K inuu gaaro awooddeeda buuxda, in kasta oo natiijadu aysan ahayn mid xun: 117 fps.

Natiijooyinka bartilmaameedka Intel Core^{(Intel Core)} i5-12600K: Assassin 's Creed Valhalla

Si loo tijaabiyo heerkulka Intel Core i5-12600K, waxaanu isticmaalnay imtixaanada xasiloonida AIDA64 . Heerkulkii ugu badnaa ee aanu aragnay wuxuu ahaa 65 darajo Celsius (149 darajo Fahrenheit ). Way hooseeyaan, waana weyn tahay! 🙂

Intel Core i5-12600K heerkulka

Ugu dambeyntii, waxaan sidoo kale hubinnay tirada ugu badan ee awoodda uu u baahan yahay Intel Core i5-12600K. Goobtayada tijaabada ah, uma baahna wax ka badan 116 Watts , taas oo ku saabsan 73% waxa walaalkeed weyn, i7-12700K, u baahan yahay.

Isticmaalka korantada ee Intel Core^{(Intel Core)} i5-12600K

Fikradeena, Intel Core i5-12600K waa mid ka mid ah soo-saareyaasha desktop-ka ugu fiican ee aad ku iibsan karto qiimo macquul ah maanta. Waxqabadkeeda ciyaaruhu aad buu u fiican yahay, waxayna si fudud u maamushaa nooc kasta oo hawlaha xisaabinta caadiga ah.^{(In our opinion, the Intel Core i5-12600K is one of the best desktop processors you can buy for a reasonable price today. Its gaming performance is excellent, and it easily handles any kind of regular computing activity.)}

Waa maxay aragtidaada ku saabsan Intel Core i5-12600K?

Hadda waad ogtahay in Intel Core i5-12600K uu yahay mid ka mid ah soo-saareyaasha ciyaaraha ugu fiican ee aad heli karto maanta. Ilaa iyo inta aad ku dhejiso kaadhka garaafyada awood leh, waxay si fudud u maareyn kartaa ciyaar kasta, mana aha inaad taas u jebiso bangiga doofaarka. maxaad ka qabtaa? Ma rabtaa inaad mid iibsato? Noogu sheeg qaybta faallooyinka ee hoose.

Intel Core i5-12600K review: This year’s best mid-range gaming CPU?

Intel’s Alder Lake architecture is the one that finally brought the company’ѕ processors back in the spotlight. They are now able to compete with AMD’s once again, and people are noticing. Traditionally, Intel’s mid-range processors are the Core i5 models - the ones most of us, at lеаst those who carе about price per performance aspect, look for. The latest model, called Intel Core i5-12600K, comes with ten cores and 16 threads and can reасh operating speeds of up to 4.9GHz without breaking a sweat. We’ve testеd and played with it, and now we’re ready to show you what it can do. Read on and find oυt whether the Intel Core i5-12600K is the CPU yoυ shoυld buy for your computer:

Intel Core i5-12600K: Who is it good for?

This processor is one of the best choices you can make if:

• You want a CPU with excellent gaming performance
• You’re looking for a powerful processor that can handle anything you throw at it
• You only intend to spend a reasonable amount of money and avoid devices with exorbitant prices

Pros and cons

There are many good things to say about the Intel Core i5-12600K:

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• One of the best gaming processors available on the market right now
• 10 cores and 16 threads that offer excellent multi-thread performance
• High-speed achieved in turbo boost speed (4.9 GHz)
• Support for PCI Express 5.0
• Can work with both DDR5 and DDR4 memory
• Reasonable price for a processor of its class

There are also a few downsides:

• Compared to AMD’s alternatives, it’s a power-hungry processor
• Intel doesn’t bundle a cooler with this CPU

Verdict

The Intel Core i5-12600K is THE mainstream desktop processor for gaming at the time of this review. Its scores in benchmarks are excellent, and its performance per price ratio is better than that of its competition. If you are building a new gaming computer right now, the Core i5-12600K processor is an excellent choice. We warmly recommend it to all our readers, as it’s one of the best desktop CPUs on the market.

Unboxing the Intel Core i5-12600K processor

Just like all of Intel’s 12th generation processors, the Intel Core i5-12600K is packaged inside a small blue cardboard box. Its design is simple and only tells you what processor you bought. There aren’t many technical specifications listed, except for the fact that the CPU is unlocked and that it uses the LGA1700 socket.

The packaging used for Intel Core i5-12600K

The back of the box is just as simple as the front, but it has a cutout that exposes the actual Intel Core i5-12600K processor. Inside the package, there’s only the processor and a small booklet that contains the installation manual and warranty details.

Intel Core i5-12600K: The back of the box

Unboxing the Intel Core i5-12600K processor is quick, as the package contains only the essentials. Unfortunately, the company doesn’t bundle a cooler with this CPU.

Hardware specifications

The Core i5-12600K is Intel’s mid-range option from the Alder Lake family of desktop processors. Its recommended price at launch is 289 ~ 299 USD, although that’s not the one we’ve seen in stores, where it’s listed for about 20 USD more. If you choose to spend your money on the Intel Core i5-12600K, you will get ten cores, 16 threads, 20 MB of Intel Smart Cache, and an integrated Intel UHD Graphics 770 chip.

A look at the Intel Core i5-12600K

As it’s built on the Alder Lake architecture, the processor’s cores are not all the same, and some are faster than others. Out of the ten cores, six are performance cores (also named P-cores) that run at a base clock of 3.7 GHz and turbo boost to 4.9 GHz. The other four cores are efficiency cores (or E-cores) that run at a standard frequency of 2.8 GHz and can reach a maximum speed of 3.6 GHz.

The P-cores handle the most demanding tasks, while the E-cores handle the less challenging tasks. Obviously, the performance cores are the ones that do the heavy-lifting in games and taxing applications. Another essential difference between the two sets of cores on 12th generation Intel processors is that the performance cores come with HyperThreading, while efficiency cores don’t. That leads to the unconventional number of threads. On the Intel Core i5-12600K processor that we’re testing today, we get 16 threads because it has 6 P-cores with 2 threads each (so 12 threads total), plus another 4 E-cores each with a single thread.

The underside of the Intel Core i5-12600K

The downside, so to speak, is that Intel’s Alder Lake processors need Windows 11 to run at their fullest. So while the Intel Core i5-12600K will run nicely on Windows 10 or Linux, for example, you’ll only get its real power in Windows 11 because, right now, it’s the only operating system that knows how to manage its different (performance and efficiency) cores. For more details, read Windows 11 vs. Windows 10 on 12th Gen Intel Core processors.

In terms of memory, the Intel Core i5-12600K supports up to 128 GB of either DDR4 or DDR5 RAM. You’ll have to choose the right motherboard before you buy the RAM because there are no mainboards on the market that can fit both memory types.

Moving on to PCI Express support, you have to know that the Intel Core i5-12600K supports both revisions 5.0 and 4.0. It has 20 PCIe lanes which can be split between the graphics card (x16) and the NVMe solid-state drive (x4). Alternatively, they could also be used in a configuration of two x8 components plus one x4.

Details about the Intel Core i5-12600K shown by CPU-Z

Finally, a few words about power consumption: Intel abandoned the use of the standard TDP (Thermal Design Power) measurements for its 12th Gen processors, instead providing details about the Processor Base Power and Maximum Turbo Power values. PBP (Processor Base Power) specifies the amount of electrical energy required by the CPU in normal circumstances, while MTP (Maximum Turbo Power) specifies the maximum power requirements of the CPU when running at its highest turbo speed. In the case of Intel Core i5-12600K, the PBP is 125 Watts, and the MTP is 150 Watts.

If you want to check all the technical specifications of the Intel Core i5-12600K, visit its official webpage: Intel Core i5-12600K Product Specifications.

Intel’s Core i5-12600K has excellent specs and an original architecture that make it a strong competitor in the mid-range desktop processors segment. Its maximum turbo speed is just shy of 5 GHz (4.9 GHz), which makes us believe that it’s a great CPU for gaming. Now let’s see what the benchmarks tell us:

Performance in benchmarks and games

We tested the Intel Core i5-12600K processor on a PC with the following hardware and software:

• Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX B660-F GAMING WIFI
• Memory: ADATA XPG Lancer DDR5 RAM (2 x 16GB, 5200MHz)
• Graphics Card: ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
• Storage: ADATA Legend 840 PCIe Gen4 X4 M.2 2280 Solid State Drive
• Power Supply Unit: ASUS ROG Thor 850W Platinum
• Operating System: Windows 11 Pro Version 21H2 Build 22000.527

To get a clearer idea about the performance offered by the Intel Core i5-12600K, we compared it with its more powerful sibling, Intel Core i7-12700K (up to 5.0GHz, 12 cores, and 20 threads). However, one very important aspect is that, for the latter, we had a different hardware configuration when we reviewed it (ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Extreme, Kingston FURY Beast DDR5 Memory, ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090). The numbers we got in benchmarks are influenced by the different hardware we used, but they should still be good indicators of the performance you get from the i5-12600K versus the i7-12700K.

We started by running CPU-Z to measure the processor's single-thread performance. We got an excellent score of 732 points, not far behind the 792 points achieved by the i7-12700K (which is 8.2% better).

Intel Core i5-12600K benchmark results: CPU-Z Single Thread

In CPU-Z's Multi-Thread benchmark, the Intel Core i5-12600K was able to obtain a score of 7005 points. There are fewer cores available on it compared to the i7-12700K, and it shows: the latter is about 32% better. However, the result is still impressive for its class.

Intel Core i5-12600K benchmark results: CPU-Z Multi Thread

Moving on to the rendering benchmarks, in Cinebench R23, Intel Core i5-12600K managed an all-cores score of 16843 points. It’s an excellent result too (the i7-12700K is 31.3% faster).

Intel Core i5-12600K benchmark results: Cinebench R23

In Blender, we chose to render the bmw27 and classroom scenes. Here, the shorter the rendering time, the better. The Intel Core i5-12600K needed 9.2 minutes, which is 33.3% more than the 6.9 minutes spent by the i7-12700K in the same jobs. But it’s still an excellent result.

Intel Core i5-12600K benchmark results: Blender

Next came PCMark 10, the go-to software when you need to measure the performance of a computer in common activities such as browsing the web, video conferencing, office work, and creating digital content. With the Intel Core i5-12600K, we got a score of 6970 points, which tells us that any computer equipped with this processor will be very fast in daily tasks.

Intel Core i5-12600K benchmark results: PCMark 10

To confirm our previous statement, the Intel Core i5-12600K decided that it should get the same score in the JetStream 2 browser benchmark as the i7-12700K. 🙂 In other words, when web browsing is involved, the tested processor is just as fast as its older brother.

Intel Core i5-12600K benchmark results: JetStream 2

In 7-Zip, the Intel Core i5-12600K achieved a compression rate of 77.5MB/s. It’s slower than the i7-12700K (by 13.9%) but still a very impressive result considering the fewer cores and threads.

Intel Core i5-12600K benchmark results: 7-Zip Compression

Similarly, the decompression speed measured by 7-Zip was excellent, but not on par with the high-end i7-12700K (which is 19.7% faster).

Intel Core i5-12600K benchmark results: 7-Zip Decompression

We continued with a benchmark that evaluates the performance of processors in games: 3DMark CPU Profile. As most games today know how to multi-thread, we compared the all-core results. The Intel Core i5-12600K managed a score of 7962 points. It might look weak against the i7-12700K CPU, but it’s actually a very good result that describes this processor as an excellent choice for gaming.

Intel Core i5-12600K benchmark results: 3DMark CPU Profile

NOTE: To avoid GPU bottlenecks as much as possible, for the game benchmarks, we used 1080p resolution and the lowest visual quality settings. However, as we mentioned at the beginning of this section, the results we got are with different hardware components, including the graphics unit. So, take everything from here on with a grain of salt.

In Shadow of the Tomb Raider, using the Intel Core i5-12600K, we measured a framerate of 191 fps. It's not very far behind what we got with the Intel Core i7-12700K.

Intel Core i5-12600K benchmark results: Shadow of the Tomb Raider

In Metro Exodus, which is one very power-hungry game, the GeForce RTX 3050 graphics card proved to become a bottleneck for our CPU. Still, we got an excellent result: 165 frames per second.

Intel Core i5-12600K benchmark results: Metro Exodus

Similarly, in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, the graphics card didn’t let our Intel Core i5-12600K achieve its full potential, although the result wasn’t bad at all: 117 fps.

Intel Core i5-12600K benchmark results: Assassin's Creed Valhalla

In order to test the temperatures of the Intel Core i5-12600K, we used AIDA64's stability tests. The maximum temperature we saw was only 65 degrees Celsius (149 degrees Fahrenheit). It's low, and it’s great! 🙂

Intel Core i5-12600K temperatures

Finally, we also checked the maximum amount of power required by the Intel Core i5-12600K. On our test platform, it didn’t need more than 116 Watts, which is about 73% of what its big brother, the i7-12700K, requires.

Intel Core i5-12600K power consumption

In our opinion, the Intel Core i5-12600K is one of the best desktop processors you can buy for a reasonable price today. Its gaming performance is excellent, and it easily handles any kind of regular computing activity.

What's your opinion about the Intel Core i5-12600K?

Now you know that the Intel Core i5-12600K is one of the best gaming processors you can get today. As long as you pair it with a powerful graphics card, it can handle any game easily, and you don’t have to break your piggy bank for that. What’s your opinion about it? Do you intend to buy one? Let us know in the comments section below.

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