Intel Core i5 12600KF 's Advantages
Released 3 years late
Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-2666)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)
Higher base frequency (3.7GHz vs 3.0GHz)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (125W vs 165W)
Intel Core i9 9980XE 's Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (79.47GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)
Larger L3 cache size (25MB vs 20MB)