Intel Core i5 12600K vs Intel Core i7 6700HQ
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Oct 2021
Sep 2015
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Skylake
Processor Number
i5-12600K
i7-6700HQ
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 770
HD Graphics 530
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
14 nm
Socket
LGA-1700
BGA-1440
Power Consumption
125 W
45 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
150 W
-
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
4
Performance Core Threads
12
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.7 GHz
2.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.9 GHz
3.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
4
-
Efficiency Core Threads
4
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
2.8 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.6 GHz
-
Total Core Count
10
4
Total Thread Count
16
8
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
-
Multiplier
37x
26x
L1 Cache
80 K per core
128 K per core
L2 Cache
9728 K shared
256 K per core
L3 Cache
20 MB shared
6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Size
128 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1450 MHz
1050 MHz
Shader Units
256
-
Texture Units
16
-
Raster Operation Units
8
-
Execution Units
32
-
Power Consumption
15 W
-
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,908
-
Cinebench R23
17,648
-
Geekbench 6
2,548
1,044
Geekbench 6
12,188
3,554
Blender
278
-
Passmark CPU
3,956
1,903
Passmark CPU
27,733
6,474
Geekbench 5
-
802
Geekbench 5
-
3,266