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Core i5-12600HX

Core i5-12600HX
BENCHMARKS (107)
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Effective Speed -13%Effective Speed -13%Average Score -10%Memory -17%, 1-Core -3%, 2-Core -4%, 4-Core -10%, 8-Core -18%Overclocked Score -7%1-Core 0%, 2-Core -0%, 4-Core -4%, 8-Core -9%, Memory -20%Value & Sentiment User Rating -88%, Market Share -∞%Nice To Haves +1% 64-Core -3%, 64-Core -15%, Age 22%

Average Bench: 92% (146^th of 1468)

Based on 107 user benchmarks. Device: BFEBFBFF00090672 Model: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12600HX

Poor: 79%Average: 92% Great: 102%

Gaming 92%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 97%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 90%

Nuclear submarine

Popular builds with this CPU

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

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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

Average Bench

(Based on 107 samples)

Rank 14692%

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

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The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

CZE-User, 22 days ago.Core i5-12600HX,

U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads

Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)

99.1% Outstanding

Memory 69.6

1-Core 174

2-Core 349

102% 197 Pts

4-Core 689

8-Core 1,088

109% 889 Pts

64-Core 1,544

96% 1,544 Pts

JPN-User, 1 month ago.Core i5-12600HX,

U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads

Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg)

96.3% Outstanding

Memory 67.7

1-Core 179

2-Core 360

104% 202 Pts

4-Core 673

8-Core 940

102% 807 Pts

64-Core 1,454

90% 1,454 Pts

USA-User, 3 months ago.Core i5-12600HX,

U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads

Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)

93.3% Outstanding

Memory 65.9

1-Core 179

2-Core 357

103% 200 Pts

4-Core 646

8-Core 1,025

103% 835 Pts

64-Core 1,555

96% 1,555 Pts

BGR-User, 2 months ago.Core i5-12600HX,

U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads

Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)

86.8% Excellent

Memory 63.9

1-Core 154

2-Core 313

92% 177 Pts

4-Core 593

8-Core 817

89% 705 Pts

64-Core 1,208

75% 1,208 Pts

AUS-User, 1 month ago.Core i5-12600HX,

U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads

Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)

83.8% Excellent

Memory 69.4

1-Core 177

2-Core 317

99% 188 Pts

4-Core 527

8-Core 863

85% 695 Pts

64-Core 1,382

86% 1,382 Pts

ALB-User, 1 month ago.Core i5-12600HX,

U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads

Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg)

82.3% Excellent

Memory 68.4

1-Core 132

2-Core 264

83% 155 Pts

4-Core 521

8-Core 723

78% 622 Pts

64-Core 1,015

63% 1,015 Pts

USA-User, 2 months ago.Core i5-12600HX,

U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads

Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg)

76.5% Very good

Memory 62.4

1-Core 79.5

2-Core 255

68% 132 Pts

4-Core 491

8-Core 677

74% 584 Pts

64-Core 958

59% 958 Pts

USA-User, 5 months ago.Core i5-12600HX,

U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads

Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)

72.4% Very good

Memory 55.8

1-Core 58.3

2-Core 257

61% 124 Pts

4-Core 493

8-Core 605

71% 549 Pts

64-Core 828

51% 828 Pts

USA-User, 5 months ago.Core i5-12600HX,

U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads

Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg)

66.5% Good

Memory 44.4

1-Core 82.2

2-Core 255

62% 127 Pts

4-Core 492

8-Core 590

70% 541 Pts

64-Core 835

52% 835 Pts

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Gaming 19%

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Desktop 93%

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Workstation 19%

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System: Dell Precision 7670

CPU
Core i5-12600HXIntelBench 92%, 107 samples	67x

GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 8%, 5,195 samples	300x
RTX A2000 8GB Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 56%, 905 samples	79x
RTX A3000 12GB Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 92%, 280 samples	74x

SSD
PC801 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 295%, 1,575 samples	53x
PC801 SK hynix 1TBNvmeBench 351%, 3,744 samples	53x
PM9A1 Samsung 1024GBNvmeBench 322%, 5,261 samples	52x

RAM
KV3H4X-HYM-I 1x31GBUnknownBench 129%, 380 samples	230x
K467XP-HYM-I 1x31GBUnknownBench 140%, 334 samples	96x
HMCG78MEBSA092N 2x16GBUnknownBench 128%, 1,984 samples	58x

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Average Bench: 92% (146^th of 1468)

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