Intel Core i5 12600 's Advantages
Released 4 years and 3 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 2666)
Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)
Larger L3 cache size (18MB vs 12MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (65W vs 95W)
Intel Core i7 8700K 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.3GHz)