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Core i5-12600HX

Average Bench: 92% (130th of 1445)

Based on 107 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF00090672 Model: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12600HX
Poor: 79%Average: 92% Great: 102%
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 97%
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Workstation
Workstation 90%
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Excellent average bench

The Intel Core i5-12600HX averaged just 8.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Core i5-12600HX near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Single Core Speed 177Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 343Pts

Good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i5-12600HX is 22.9%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Core i5-12600HX performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Memory Latency 70.2Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 933Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 107 samples)
Rank 13092%
Min Avg Max
61.7 Memory 70.2 76.2
150 1-Core 177 192
272 2-Core 343 378
102% 197 Pts
Min Avg Max
469 4-Core 611 704
653 8-Core 933 1,084
95.6% 772 Pts
Min Avg Max
943 64-Core 1,384 1,640
85.7% 1,384 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
101% Outstanding
Memory 73.2
1-Core 186
2-Core 369
108% 209 Pts
4-Core 690
8-Core 1,037
107% 864 Pts
64-Core 1,478
92% 1,478 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
92.4% Outstanding
Memory 72.3
1-Core 167
2-Core 340
100% 193 Pts
4-Core 602
8-Core 1,043
100% 822 Pts
64-Core 1,611
100% 1,611 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
90.6% Outstanding
Memory 69.8
1-Core 182
2-Core 353
105% 202 Pts
4-Core 609
8-Core 796
90% 703 Pts
64-Core 1,181
73% 1,181 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
90.2% Outstanding
Memory 70.1
1-Core 186
2-Core 340
104% 199 Pts
4-Core 591
8-Core 919
93% 755 Pts
64-Core 1,327
82% 1,327 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
85.2% Excellent
Memory 63.7
1-Core 139
2-Core 287
85% 163 Pts
4-Core 571
8-Core 914
91% 743 Pts
64-Core 1366
84% 1366 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg)
80.3% Excellent
Memory 72.6
1-Core 150
2-Core 268
88% 163 Pts
4-Core 476
8-Core 665
72% 570 Pts
64-Core 954
59% 954 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
60.8% Good
Memory 46.6
1-Core 82.2
2-Core 195
56% 108 Pts
4-Core 401
8-Core 645
64% 523 Pts
64-Core 968
60% 968 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,861,960 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 19%
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Desktop
Desktop 93%
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Workstation
Workstation 19%
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System: Dell Precision 7670

CPU
Core i5-12600HXIntelBench 92%, 107 samples65x
GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 8%, 5,195 samples270x
RTX A2000 8GB Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 56%, 905 samples72x
RTX A3000 12GB Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 92%, 280 samples70x
SSD
PM9A1 Samsung 1024GBNvmeBench 322%, 5,261 samples50x
PC801 SK hynix 1TBNvmeBench 351%, 3,744 samples48x
PC801 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 295%, 1,575 samples47x
RAM
KV3H4X-HYM-I 1x31GBUnknownBench 129%, 380 samples209x
K467XP-HYM-I 1x31GBUnknownBench 140%, 334 samples86x
HMCG78MEBSA092N 2x16GBUnknownBench 128%, 1,984 samples53x
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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $293Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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