Core i5 12600
Intel desktop processor · Core i 12th gen · launched January 2022
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Launch price in today's dollars
The Core i5 12600 launched at $223 in 2022. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $252 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 13% rise over 4 years. At its launch price that is 73 Blender points per $100.
Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2022 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.
Blender rendering score
Median score 164 (middle half of runs 152–172) across 10 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #130 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #12 of 17 in the Core i 12th gen.
This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.
Specifications
| Vendor | Intel |
|---|---|
| Series | Core i 12th gen |
| Launched | January 2022 |
| Launch price | $223 (1,000-unit price) |
| Socket | LGA 1700 |
| Cores / threads | 6 / 12 |
| Base clock | 3.3 GHz |
| Boost clock | 4.8 GHz |
| L3 cache | 18 MB |
| Rated power | 65 W (base power), up to 117 W |
| Integrated graphics | UHD 770 |
| Tier | 5-series |
The Intel 5-series over time
Intel desktop processors in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.
| Part | Year | Launch price | In 2026 $ | Blender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core i5 11500B | 2021 | — | — | — |
| Core i5 12600K | 2021 | $289 | $353 | 219 |
| Core i5 12600KF | 2021 | $264 | $322 | 221 |
| Core i5 12400 | 2022 | $202 | $228 | 152 |
| Core i5 12400F | 2022 | $192 | $217 | 154 |
| Core i5 12400T | 2022 | $202 | $228 | — |
| Core i5 12500 | 2022 | $202 | $228 | 153 |
| Core i5 12500T | 2022 | $202 | $228 | — |
| Core i5 12600 | 2022 | $223 | $252 | 164 |
| Core i5 12600T | 2022 | $223 | $252 | — |
| Core i5 12490F | 2022 | — | — | — |
| Core i5 13600K | 2022 | $319 | $361 | 299 |
| Core i5 13600KF | 2022 | $294 | $332 | 286 |
| Core i5 13400 | 2023 | $221 | $240 | 192 |
| Core i5 13400F | 2023 | $196 | $213 | 195 |
| Core i5 13400T | 2023 | $221 | $240 | — |
Compare with
- Core i5 12400 · 2022 · $202 · 152
- Core i5 12400F · 2022 · $192 · 154
- Core i5 12400T · 2022 · $202
- Core i5 12500 · 2022 · $202 · 153
- Core i5 12500T · 2022 · $202
- Core i5 12600T · 2022 · $223
- Core i5 13600KF · 2022 · $294 · 286
- Core i5 10505 · 2021 · $192
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