Intel Core i5-12600HX

The Intel Core i5-12600HX is a upper mid-range mobile CPU for laptops based on the Alder Lake-S chip. It was announced in mid 2022 and offers 4 of the 8 performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores support Hyper-Threading leading to 16 supported threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock rate ranges from 2.5 to 4.6 GHz on the performance cluster and 1.8 to 3.3 GHz on the efficiency cluster. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare with the Core i7-6920HQ). All cores can use up to 18 MB L3 cache. The CPU supports vPro and ECC memory and is therefore a successor to the mobile Xeon CPUs.

Performance

While we have not tested a single system built around the 12600HX as of August 2023, we have tested several systems featuring the i5-12500H, a CPU with similar specs (4 P-cores mated to 8 E-cores, all running at pretty much the same clock speeds as what the 12600HX has). Based on that, expect the 12600HX to be very close to the Ryzen 9 6900HS, Ryzen 9 6900HX and also the Core i7-12650H, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned.

Your mileage may vary depending on how competent the cooling solution of your laptop is and how high the CPU power limits are.

Features

The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to DDR5-4800 and DDR4-3200. The Thread Director (in hardware) can support the operating system to decide which thread to use on the performance or efficient cores for the best performance. For AI tasks, the CPU also integrates GNA 3.0 and DL Boost (via AVX2). Quick Sync in version 8 is the same as in the Rocket Lake CPUs and supports MPEG-2, AVC, VC-1 decode, JPEG, VP8 decode, VP9, HEVC, and AV1 decode in hardware. The CPU supports 48 PCIe lanes consisting of 16 Gen5 (x16 or 2x8), 20 Gen4 and 12 Gen3.

The integrated graphics card is based on the Xe-architecture and offers 32 EUs (Execution Units) operating at up to 1.35 GHz.

The CPU is rated at 55 W base power (157 W PL2). The SoC is manufactured on a 10nm process at Intel, which is known as Intel 7.

Series	Intel Alder Lake-S
Codename	Alder Lake-HX
Series: Alder Lake-S Alder Lake-HX Intel Core i9-12950HX 1.7 - 5 GHz 16 / 24  30 MB L3 Intel Core i9-12900HX 1.7 - 5 GHz 16 / 24  30 MB L3 Intel Core i7-12850HX 1.5 - 4.8 GHz 16 / 24  25 MB L3 Intel Core i7-12800HX 1.5 - 4.8 GHz 16 / 24  25 MB L3 Intel Core i7-12650HX 1.5 - 4.7 GHz 14 / 20  24 MB L3 Intel Core i5-12600HX « 1.8 - 4.6 GHz 12 / 16  18 MB L3 Intel Core i5-12450HX 1.8 - 4.4 GHz 8 / 12  12 MB L3
Clock Rate	1800 - 4600 MHz
Level 1 Cache	1.1 MB
Level 2 Cache	10 MB
Level 3 Cache	18 MB
Number of Cores / Threads	12 / 16
Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power)	55 Watt
Manufacturing Technology	10 nm
Max. Temperature	100 °C
Socket	BGA1964
Features	DDR4-3200/DDR5-4800 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 5, Thr. Dir., DL B., GNA, vPro Ent., MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA
GPU	Intel UHD Graphics 770 ( - 1350 MHz)
64 Bit	64 Bit support
Architecture	x86
Announcement Date	05/10/2022
Product Link (external)	ark.intel.com

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