CPU Cooler Check

Cooler comparison

Cooler Master Hyper 212 Halo Black vs Noctua NH-U12S

Across the 120 processors either cooler can mount, the Noctua NH-U12S cools better or equally on 82 of them, . The NH-U12S is rated 20 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
SocketCPUsHyper 212 Halo BlackNH-U12S
AM52513 / 2515 / 25
AM42614 / 2626 / 26
LGA185182 / 82 / 8
LGA1700417 / 4116 / 41
LGA1200205 / 207 / 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
ProcessorBoostHyper 212 Halo BlackNH-U12S
Core i7-13700K253 W100 °CThrottling risk100 °CThrottling risk
Core i9-13900K253 W100 °CThrottling risk100 °CThrottling risk
Core i9-14900KF253 W100 °CThrottling risk100 °CThrottling risk
Core i7-11700K251 W100 °CThrottling risk100 °CThrottling risk
Core Ultra 7 265K250 W100 °CThrottling risk100 °CThrottling risk
Core i9-12900KS241 W100 °CThrottling risk100 °CThrottling risk
Ryzen 9 9950X3D230 W95 °CThrottling risk95 °CThrottling risk
Core i7-14700224 W100 °CThrottling risk100 °CThrottling risk
Core i9-13900219 W100 °CThrottling risk100 °CThrottling risk
Core i7-12700KF190 W100 °CThrottling risk98 °CAcceptable fit
Core Ultra 9 285182 W100 °CThrottling risk96 °CAcceptable fit
Core i5-14600KF181 W100 °CThrottling risk95 °CAcceptable fit
Ryzen 9 7900X3D162 W89 °CThrottling risk89 °CThrottling risk
Core Ultra 5 245K159 W95 °CAcceptable fit88 °CAcceptable fit
Core i5-13500154 W93 °CAcceptable fit86 °CExcellent fit
Core i5-12600KF150 W91 °CAcceptable fit85 °CExcellent fit