Intel Core i5-12600K vs Intel Core i9-10940X

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Physical Specifications

Socket Intel Socket 1700 Intel Socket 2066
Foundry Intel Intel
Process size 10 nm 14 nm
Transistors unknown unknown
Die size 215 mm² unknown
Package FC-LGA16A FC-LGA2066
tCaseMax 72°C
tJMax 100°C

Performance

Frequency 3.7 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo clock up to 4.9 GHz up to 4.8 GHz
Base clock 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 37.0x 33.0x
Multiplier unlocked Yes Yes
TDP 125 W 165 W
cpu.details.e-core-frequency 2.8 GHz
cpu.details.e-core-turbo-clock up to 3.6 GHz
FP32 2,150.4 GFLOPS

Architecture Details

Vertical Segment Desktop Desktop
Production status Active Active
Release date Nov 4th, 2021 Oct 19th, 2019
Codename Alder Lake-S Cascade Lake-X
Generation Core i5 Core i9 Extreme
Part SRL4T unknown
Memory support DDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel DDR4 Quad-channel
ECC memory No No
PCI Express Gen 4, 20 Lanes(CPU only) Gen 3
Chipset Z690
cpu.details.ddr4-speed 3200 MT/s
cpu.details.ddr5-speed 4800 MT/s
Chipsets Z690. H670, B660, H610

Cores

Total Cores 10 14
Total Threads 16 28
SMP # CPUs 1 1
Integrated graphics UHD Graphics 770
cpu.details.hybrid-cores P-Cores: 6 E-Cores: 4

Cache

Cache L1 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
Cache L2 1.25MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
Cache L3 20MB (shared) 19.25MB (shared)

Notes

Notes Processor max turbo power: 150W UHD Graphics dynamic frequency: 1450MHz This processor comes with an unlocked BCLK multiplier, allowing users to set the multiplier value higher than shipped value, to facilitate better overclocking.

Features & Technologies

ABM Yes
ADX Yes
AES-NI Yes Yes
AVX Yes Yes
AVX-512 Yes
AVX2 Yes Yes
BMI1 Yes Yes
BMI2 Yes Yes
Boost 2.0 Yes
Boost 3.0 Yes
CLMUL Yes Yes
EIST Yes Yes
F16C Yes Yes
FMA3 Yes Yes
HTT Yes
Intel 64 Yes Yes
MMX Yes Yes
RdRand Yes
SHA Yes
SSE Yes Yes
SSE2 Yes Yes
SSE3 Yes Yes
SSE4.2 Yes Yes
SSSE3 Yes Yes
TBT 2.0 Yes
TSX Yes Yes
TXT Yes Yes
VT-d Yes Yes
VT-x Yes Yes
XD bit Yes Yes

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