Intel’s Core i5-12600K is currently the best-selling CPU

Intel’s Core i5-12600K finally became the best-selling CPU in several stores in the US, but the one that stands out the most is Newegg, which you will surely know because it is one of the few that we can buy and they ship directly to Argentina.

On the website you are in the first position in the leaderboard at the moment. Also, the Core i5-12600K it is one of the best gaming CPUs for $277.99 and in Argentina it is available for $48,000. The sub-$300 price tag, combined with Intel’s new Alder Lake microarchitecture, gives the Core i5-12600K a clear advantage over AMD’s high-end Zen 3s, hitting the Ryzen 7 5700X and Ryzen 7 5800X hard. they cost between 20 and 80 dollars more.

In Argentina, the Ryzen 7 5800X costs about $55,000 and the Ryzen 7 5700X about $48,000.

To give you an idea of ​​performance, the Core i5-12600K shows that gaming is pretty good for its price. Thanks to Intel’s new hybrid Alder Lake microarchitecture, the Core i5-12600K has a 19% IPC improvement over 11th generation processors, more than enough computing power to outperform AMD’s latest Zen 3 chips in apps and games, except for the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, which only beats it in games and costs about $75,000 in Argentina.

In Windows 11 gaming tests, the Core i5-12600K with DDR4 memory is 11-12% faster than AMD’s Ryzen 5 5600X, which is in the same $200-$300 price range. And when we compare the more expensive Ryzen 7 5800X to the Core i5-12600K, the performance is still in Intel’s favour, and it’s much cheaper on top of that.

With this in mind, Intel offers users a good mid-range CPU, which is very good in games and in others it is superior to a Ryzen 7 5800X…

With all this in mind, it’s no wonder the Core i5-12600K has finally hit the number one spot on the best-seller list.

Fuente: Newegg