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Core i5-9500F vs Core i5-12600K

Core i5-9500F vs Core i5-12600K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Prices and Stock

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Prices and Stock

MSRP $289

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12600K outperforms Core i5-9500F on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12600K is 926 days newer than Core i5-9500F.

Advantages of Core i5-9500F

  • Consumes up to 48% less energy than Intel Core i5-12600K - 65 vs 125 Watts

Advantages of Core i5-12600K

  • Performs up to 14% better in Alan Wake 2 than Core i5-9500F - 130 vs 114 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-9500F - 16 vs 6 threads
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-9500F doesn't have integrated graphics
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Alan Wake 2

Alan Wake 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Intel Core i5-9500F Logo
Core i5-9500F

Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019


FPS

114

88%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

Intel Core i5-12600K Logo
Core i5-12600K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


FPS

130

100%

Value, £/FPS

£1.84/FPS

100%

Price, £

£238.62

100%

FPS and Value Winner

INTEL Core i5-12600K 3.6GHz LGA1700 Tray

Buy for £238.62 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 116 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Intel Core i5-9500F Logo
Core i5-9500F

Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019

Intel Core i5-12600K Logo
Core i5-12600K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-9500F Logo
Core i5-9500F

Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019


Single-Core

1472

60%

Multi-Core

5041

43%

Intel Core i5-12600K Logo
Core i5-12600K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


Single-Core

2450

100%

Multi-Core

11792

100%

Intel Core i5-9500F Logo

Core i5-9500F

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Intel Core i5-12600K Logo

Core i5-12600K

Apr 23rd, 2019Release Date
Nov 4th, 2021
Core i5CollectionCore i5
Coffee LakeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel Socket 1151SocketIntel Socket 1700
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6Cores
10
6Threads
16
3.0 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.7 GHz
4.4 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.9 GHz
65 W
TDP125 W
14 nmProcess Size
10 nm
30.0xMultiplier
37.0x
NoneIntegrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 770
NoOverclockable
Yes

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£238.62

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£84

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£238.62

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£326.49

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£307.67

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£2,511.32

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£433.5

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£238.62

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£208.69

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£238.62

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£343.97

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Core i5-12600K

£238.62

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£238.62

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£238.62

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£204

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£238.62

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£295

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£238.62

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£328.01

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Core i5-12600K

£238.62

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£139.99

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£238.62

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£238.62

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£238.62

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£169.39

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£238.62

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£354.25

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£238.62

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£238.62

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Core i5-12600K

£238.62

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Intel Core i5-12600K Logo
Core i5-12600K

£238.62

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Intel Core i5-12600K Logo
Core i5-12600K

£238.62

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Intel Core i7-14700KF Logo
Core i7-14700KF

£326.49

Intel Core i5-12600K Logo
Core i5-12600K

£238.62

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Intel Core i7-13700K Logo
Core i7-13700K

£307.67

Intel Core i5-12600K Logo
Core i5-12600K

£238.62

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Intel Core i5-12400 Logo
Core i5-12400

£2,511.32

Intel Core i5-12600K Logo
Core i5-12600K

£238.62

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Intel Core i7-12700KF Logo
Core i7-12700KF

£218.88

Intel Core i5-12600K Logo
Core i5-12600K

£238.62

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Core i9-14900K

£433.5

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