Buy on Amazon
£391.44
In Stock
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $213
Availability
MSRP in USD: $213
No items available
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $519
Availability
MSRP in USD: $519
Key Differences
In short — Core i9-12900 outperforms Core i5-6600T on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-12900 is 2378 days newer than Core i5-6600T.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-6600T
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than Intel Core i9-12900 - 35 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i9-12900
- Performs up to 25% better in Grand Theft Auto V than Core i5-6600T - 155 vs 124 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-6600T - 24 vs 4 threads
Grand Theft Auto V
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-12900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
155
100%
Value, £/FPS
£2.53/FPS
100%
Price, £
£391.44
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-12900 Desktop Processor 30M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz
Buy for £391.44 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 1907 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-6600T
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Core i9-12900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-6600T
Desktop • Jul 2nd, 2015
Single-Core
1181
47.755762232106754%
Multi-Core
3223
24.708678319533885%
Intel Core i5-6600T | vs | Intel Core i9-12900 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 2nd, 2015 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Skylake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 16 |
| 4 | Threads | 24 |
2.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.4 GHz |
| 3.5 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.1 GHz |
35 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
27.0x | Multiplier | 24.0x |
| UHD Graphics 530 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-6600T or Core i9-12900
Grand Theft Auto V, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
83 FPS
£24.08/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
Buy on Amazon
£1,999
In Stock
119 FPS
£21.01/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
Buy on Amazon
£2,499.99
In Stock
113 FPS
£35.4/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
Buy on Amazon
£3,999.99
In Stock
100 FPS
£16.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
Buy on Amazon
£1,699
In Stock
109 FPS
£13.75/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
Buy on Amazon
£1,499
In Stock
100 FPS
£18.49/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
Buy on Amazon
£1,849
In Stock
100 FPS
£10.5/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
Buy on Amazon
£1,049.99
In Stock
113 FPS
£13.09/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
Buy on Amazon
£1,478.89
In Stock
115 FPS
£30.43/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
Buy on Amazon
£3,499
In Stock
115 FPS
£32.17/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
Buy on Amazon
£3,699
In Stock
Similar CPU Comparisons
Select from the most popular similar processor comparisons. Most compared processor combinations, including the currently selected ones, are at the top.
