Intel Core Ultra 7 356H vs Intel Core i5 12600K
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2026
Oct 2021
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Panther Lake
Alder Lake
Processor Number
356H
i5-12600K
Integrated Graphics
Graphics 4 Xe3
UHD Graphics 770
Generation
Intel Core Ultra Series 3
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Package
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
10 nm
Socket
Custom
LGA-1700
Power Consumption
15-25 W
125 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
80 W
150 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100°C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
6
Performance Core Threads
4
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
1.9 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.7 GHz
4.9 GHz
Efficiency Cores
12
4
Efficiency Core Threads
12
4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1.5 GHz
2.8 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.7 GHz
3.6 GHz
Total Core Count
16
10
Total Thread Count
16
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
19
37x
L1 Cache
192 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
2560 K per core
9728 K shared
L3 Cache
18 MB shared
20 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
LPDDR5X-8533,DDR5-7200
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
136.5 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
800 MHz
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
2450 MHz
1450 MHz
Shader Units
1024
256
Texture Units
64
16
Raster Operation Units
32
8
Execution Units
4
32
Power Consumption
25
15 W
AI Accelerator
Theoretical performance
50 TOPS
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
20
20
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,003
1,908
Cinebench R23
18,102
17,648
Geekbench 6
2,738
2,548
Geekbench 6
15,294
12,188
Cinebench 2024
120
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Cinebench 2024
1,085
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Blender
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278
Passmark CPU
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3,956
Passmark CPU
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27,733
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.