12th Gen Intel Core i5 12600K | Review

The i5 12600K by Intel is a part of its 12th Generation Alder lake lineup for Mid Range desktops and workstations. It is powered by 6 high-power cores (Golden Cove Cores) and 4 power-efficient cores (Gracemont Cores) with the power-efficient Gracemont cores having a base clock of 3.4 GHz and a boost clock of 3.6 GHz on the other hand the high-performance golden cove cores have a base clock of 4.5 GHz and a boost clock of 4.9 GHz.

Based on Intel’s 10 nanometers architecture intel claims an IPC (instructions per cycle) gain of 19% compared to its predecessor Rocket Lake. According to Intel the base TDP (PL1) of the i5 12600K is 125 Watts and can be boosted up to TDP (PL2) 228 Watts. Other key features include support for DDR4 and DDR5 memory and LGA1700 socket which supports Intel B660, Intel H610, Intel H670, and Intel Z690 motherboards.

12600k Release Date

Alder Lake flagship will available on Newegg and Amazon on 4th November 2021 for 319.99 USD.

Amazon.com

$187.90 8 used from $172.27

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newegg.com

$279.96

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Last Amazon price update was: April 16, 2024 12:07 PM

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