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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $233
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-12600 outperforms the more expensive Core i7-11700F on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-12600 is 315 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-11700F.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-12600
- Performs up to 8% better in War Thunder than Core i7-11700F - 243 vs 224 FPS
- Up to 2% cheaper than Core i7-11700F - £257.21 vs £261.16
- Up to 9% better value when playing War Thunder than Core i7-11700F - £1.06 vs £1.17 per FPS
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-11700F doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of Intel Core i7-11700F
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-12600 - 16 vs 12 threads
War Thunder
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Core i5-12600
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
243
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.06/FPS
100%
Price, £
£257.21
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-12600 Desktop Processor 18M Cache, up to 4.80 GHz
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CORE I7-11700F 2.50GHZ CHIP
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Core i5-12600
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Core i7-11700F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-12600 | vs | Intel Core i7-11700F |
|---|---|---|
Jan 25th, 2022 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 12 | Threads | 16 |
3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
| 4.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
10 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
33.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
UHD Graphics 770 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-12600 or Core i7-11700F
War Thunder, 1920 x 1080, Movie
188 FPS
£5.05/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i7-11700F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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