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Core i5-12600 vs Core i9-9900X

Core i5-12600 vs Core i9-9900X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12600 outperforms Core i9-9900X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12600 is 1194 days newer than Core i9-9900X.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-12600

  • Performs up to 24% better in Far Cry 6 than Core i9-9900X - 154 vs 124 FPS
  • Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i9-9900X - 65 vs 165 Watts
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i9-9900X doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Intel Core i9-9900X

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-12600 - 20 vs 12 threads
This is a free version of Far Cry 6.
Far Cry 6

Far Cry 6

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-12600 Logo
Core i5-12600

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


FPS

154

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€303.99

100%

FPS Winner

Intel® Core™ i5-12600 Desktop-Prozessor 18 MB Cache, bis zu 4,80 GHz

Buy for 303.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 31 minutes ago

Intel Core i9-9900X Logo
Core i9-9900X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018


FPS

124

80.51948051948052%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-12600 Logo
Core i5-12600

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022

Intel Core i9-9900X Logo
Core i9-9900X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-12600 Logo
Core i5-12600

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


Single-Core

2371

100%

Multi-Core

9721

100%

Intel Core i9-9900X Logo
Core i9-9900X

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018


Single-Core

1488

62.758329818641926%

Multi-Core

9516

97.89116346054932%

Intel Core i5-12600

vs

Intel Core i9-9900X

Jan 25th, 2022
Release DateOct 19th, 2018
Core i5CollectionCore i9
Alder LakeCodenameSkylake
Intel Socket 1700SocketIntel Socket 2066
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6Cores
10
12Threads
20
3.3 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.5 GHz
4.8 GHz
Turbo Clock Speed4.4 GHz
65 W
TDP165 W
10 nm
Process Size14 nm
33.0xMultiplier
35.0x
UHD Graphics 770
Integrated GraphicsNone
NoOverclockable
Yes

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