CPU Cooler Check

Cooler comparison

be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 5 vs Noctua NH-D12L

Across the 120 processors either cooler can mount, the be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 5 cools better or equally on 120 of them, at $84.90 versus $99.95 on Amazon. The Dark Rock Pro 5 is rated 50 W higher.

Reviewed by Farrukh Sufyan SarwarHow we estimate temperaturesPrices verified Model v1.2 · data updated

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Excellent verdicts by socket

Number of processors per socket each cooler keeps in the Excellent band
SocketCPUsDark Rock Pro 5NH-D12L
AM52525 / 2521 / 25
AM42626 / 2626 / 26
LGA185186 / 86 / 8
LGA17004131 / 4123 / 41
LGA12002014 / 209 / 20
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Head to head on popular processors

Estimated full-load temperature and verdict for each cooler on the highest-power processors
ProcessorBoostDark Rock Pro 5NH-D12L
Core i7-13700K253 W91 °CAcceptable fit100 °CThrottling risk
Core i9-13900K253 W91 °CAcceptable fit100 °CThrottling risk
Core i9-14900KF253 W91 °CAcceptable fit100 °CThrottling risk
Core i7-11700K251 W91 °CAcceptable fit100 °CThrottling risk
Core Ultra 7 265K250 W91 °CAcceptable fit100 °CThrottling risk
Core i9-12900KS241 W89 °CExcellent fit100 °CThrottling risk
Ryzen 9 9950X3D230 W86 °CExcellent fit95 °CThrottling risk
Core i7-14700224 W85 °CExcellent fit96 °CAcceptable fit
Core i9-13900219 W84 °CExcellent fit95 °CAcceptable fit
Core i7-12700KF190 W77 °CExcellent fit87 °CExcellent fit
Core Ultra 9 285182 W75 °CExcellent fit85 °CExcellent fit
Core i5-14600KF181 W75 °CExcellent fit84 °CExcellent fit
Ryzen 9 7900X3D162 W71 °CExcellent fit79 °CExcellent fit
Core Ultra 5 245K159 W70 °CExcellent fit78 °CExcellent fit
Core i5-13500154 W69 °CExcellent fit77 °CExcellent fit
Core i5-12600KF150 W68 °CExcellent fit76 °CExcellent fit