Intel Core i5-12600 Review - To E or not to E

Name: Intel Core i5-12600
Brand: Intel
Price: 240 USD

on Mar 25th, 2022,

in Processors.

Manufacturer: Intel

Test Setup

All applications, games, and processors are tested with the drivers and hardware listed below—no performance results were recycled between test systems.
All games and applications are tested using the same version.
All games are set to their highest quality setting unless indicated otherwise.

Test System "Alder Lake"
Processor:	All Intel 12th Generation processors
Motherboard:	DDR5: ASUS Z690 Maximus Hero / BIOS 0702 DDR4: ASUS Z690 STRIX-A Gaming D4 / BIOS 0705
Memory:	2x 16 GB G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-6000 36-36-36-76 2T / Gear 2 2x 16 GB G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4-3200 16-20-20-34 1T / Gear 1 / DR
Graphics:	EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra
Storage:	Neo Forza NFP065 1 TB M.2 NVMe SSD
Air Cooling:	Noctua NH-U14S
Water Cooling:	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360 mm
Thermal Paste:	Arctic MX-5
Power Supply:	Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 1200 W
Software:	Windows 11 Professional 64-bit Build 10.0.22000.282 Includes AMD L3 latency fix
Drivers:	NVIDIA GeForce 496.49 WHQL

Test System "Zen 3"
Processor:	All AMD Ryzen 5000
Motherboard:	MSI MPG X570 Gaming Plus BIOS 7C37vAF3, AGESA 1.2.0.3c
Memory:	2x 16 GB DDR4-3600 16-20-20-34 1T Infinity Fabric @ 1800 MHz 1:1
All other specifications same as above

Test System "Rocket Lake"
Processor:	All Intel 11th Generation processors
Motherboard:	ASUS Z590 Maximus XIII Hero BIOS 1007
Memory:	2x 16 GB DDR4-3600 16-20-20-34 1T Gear 1
All other specifications same as above

Test System "Comet Lake"
Processor:	All Intel 10th Generation processors
Motherboard:	ASUS Z490 Maximus XII Extreme BIOS 2301
Memory:	2x 16 GB DDR4-3600 16-20-20-34 1T
All other specifications same as above

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