Testseek.com have collected 135 expert reviews of the Intel Core i5 12600K 3.7GHz Socket 1700 and the average rating is 90%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i5 12600K 3.7GHz Socket 1700.
November 2021
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The editors liked
Stupidly good multi-core performance
Really good single-core performance
Value that breaks new ground
The editors didn't like
DDR5 option drives up pricing
Prices likely to be initially high
If you just game
Who cares what CPU you have
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Published: 2021-12-05, Author: Paul , review by: tomshardware.com
The Intel Core i9-12900K is the fastest gaming processor on the planet while the Core i5-12600K offers unprecedented gaming performance at its price point. Whip in superior pricing and excellent performance in all other types of workloads, and both Alder...
Published: 2021-11-30, Author: Rob , review by: techgage.com
Intel's 12thgen is superfast, both in singleand multithread scenarios, We saw great performance from both tested chips in encoding and rendering tests, The Core i912900K beat out AMD's Ryzen 9 5950X more often than not in our tests, Intel's genovergen imp
Power consumption at load is a lot higher than the respective AMD competition, The higherend 12thgen SKUs will require really good cooling, Windows 11 is required for ideal performance. Windows 10 and Linux will improve over time
Since Techgage launched over fifteen-years-ago, we've used and thoroughly benchmarked every Intel CPU generation to come along. After a while, things admittedly became a little boring, as we were simply not seeing the kind of gains from gen-to-gen that we...
Published: 2021-11-23, Author: Michael , review by: phoronix.com
Abstract: Given current memory pricing and extremely limited availability of DDR5 memory modules, many Phoronix readers have been requesting DDR4 vs. DDR5 memory benchmarks for Alder Lake on Linux. After picking up a DDR4 Z690 motherboard, here are some reference b...
Published: 2021-11-18, Author: Michael , review by: phoronix.com
For many of the OpenGL and Vulkan benchmarks, the stock Linux 5.13 and Mesa 21.2 stack of Ubuntu 21.10 was "good enough" for the Alder Lake graphics -- sans needing to use the "i915.force_probe=4680" option to have the driver support enabled.Tesseract was...
Published: 2021-11-09, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Abstract: The new Core i5-12600K is the only Alder Lake CPU that we've yet to review, having tested both the flagship 12900K a week before and then the nearly as fast (but more affordable) Core i7-12700KF. At $320, this latest generation Core i5 is a direct competi...
Published: 2021-11-08, Author: Home , review by: lanoc.org
With all of the testing out of the way, we can finally sit back and look a little more at the overall picture with both the i9-12900K and the i5-12600K. I mentioned it earlier but Adler Lake or what is now officially the 12th Gen Core CPUs was a huge...
Published: 2021-11-04, Author: Chris , review by: pcmag.com
CPU performance punches above its station in bench testing, Reasonable price-per-core, High overclock ceiling
Testing games with integrated graphics was bumpy, and slower than AMD's competition, Z690 platform demands high cost of adoption, versus CPU purchase price, At launch, not compatible with some games that use Denuvo DRM protection
For PC gamers and budget-constrained creative types, Intel's "Alder Lake" Core i5-12600K punches well above its weight in gaming and content creation alike. Just know that the cost of adoption (memory, motherboard, cooler) may make waiting a bit to upgr...
Impressive price/performance, Large performance increase over 11600K, almost as fast as 5800X, Beats Ryzen 5 5600X conclusively, Huge gains in low-threaded applications, Good energy efficiency, Integrated graphics, Multiplier unlocked, Support for DDR5 an
New LGA1700 motherboards required, Some workloads get scheduled onto wrong cores, Energy efficiency worse than AMD Zen 3, No CPU cooler included
The Intel Core i5-12600K will sell for around $300. Impressive price/performance Large performance increase over 11600K, almost as fast as 5800X Beats Ryzen 5 5600X conclusively Huge gains in low-threaded applications Good energy efficiency Integrated gr...
Published: 2021-11-04, Author: Jacob , review by: pcgamer.com
The best CPU for gaming in 2021, Faster than the Core i9 11900K, A more efficient Alder Lake chip
Still more powerhungry than Ryzen, Doesn't play nice with some games
The Core i5 12600K is the best CPU for gaming in 2021. It's faster than a Core i9 11900K, and brings with it support for the latest tech in DDR5 and PCIe 5.0. For that, I dare say it's actually a great PC building deal in 2021...
