Which one of the central processing units is better: Intel Core i5-12600K or Intel Core i5-8260U? On this page we compare the technical data and benchmark results of different CPUs.
The Intel Core i5-12600K has 10 cores and 16 threads with maximum working frequency of 4.90 GHz. The Intel Core i5-12600K was released on Q4/2021.
The Intel Core i5-8260U has 4 cores with 16 threads and 4.90 GHz of frequency. The Intel Core i5-8260U was released on Q4/2019.