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Core i9-9980XE vs Core i5-12600

Core i9-9980XE vs Core i5-12600: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12600 outperforms Core i9-9980XE 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 i9-9980XE.

Advantages of Intel Core i9-9980XE

  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-12600 - 36 vs 12 threads

Advantages of Intel Core i5-12600

  • Performs up to 14% better in Horizon Zero Dawn than Core i9-9980XE - 199 vs 175 FPS
  • Consumes up to 61% less energy than Intel Core i9-9980XE - 65 vs 165 Watts
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i9-9980XE doesn't have integrated graphics
This is a free version of Horizon Zero Dawn.
Horizon Zero Dawn

Horizon Zero Dawn

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultimate

Intel Core i9-9980XE Logo
Core i9-9980XE

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018


FPS

175

87.93969849246231%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i5-12600 Logo
Core i5-12600

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


FPS

199

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€304.58

100%

FPS Winner

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

Buy for 304.58 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 170 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultimate

Intel Core i9-9980XE Logo
Core i9-9980XE

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018

Intel Core i5-12600 Logo
Core i5-12600

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i9-9980XE Logo
Core i9-9980XE

Desktop • Oct 19th, 2018


Single-Core

1420

59.89034162800506%

Multi-Core

11230

100%

Intel Core i5-12600 Logo
Core i5-12600

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


Single-Core

2371

100%

Multi-Core

9721

86.56277827248442%

Intel Core i9-9980XE

vs

Intel Core i5-12600

Oct 19th, 2018Release Date
Jan 25th, 2022
Core i9 ExtremeCollectionCore i5
SkylakeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel Socket 2066SocketIntel Socket 1700
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
18
Cores6
36
Threads12
3.0 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.3 GHz
4.4 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.8 GHz
165 WTDP
65 W
14 nmProcess Size
10 nm
30.0xMultiplier
33.0x
NoneIntegrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 770
Yes
OverclockableNo

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