Intel Core i5 6600K vs Intel Core i7 12700H
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Aug 2015
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Alder Lake-H
Processor Number
i5-6600K
i7-12700H
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
10 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
BGA-1744
Power Consumption
91 W
45 W
Peak Operating Temperature
—
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
6
Performance Core Threads
4
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Performance Core Base Frequency
3.5 GHz
2.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.9 GHz
4.7 GHz
Total Core Count
4
14
Total Thread Count
4
20
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
35
23x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1280 K per core
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
24 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Efficiency Cores
—
8
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Max Memory Size
64 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1150 MHz
1400 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
—
300 MHz
Shader Units
—
768
Texture Units
—
48
Raster Operation Units
—
24
Execution Units
—
96
Power Consumption
—
15 W
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
28
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,040
1,786
Cinebench R23
3,963
15,877
Geekbench 6
1,486
2,011
Geekbench 6
4,406
11,276
Blender
63
—
Passmark CPU
2,327
3,641
Passmark CPU
6,329
26,713
Cinebench 2024
—
103
Cinebench 2024
—
916
▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.