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Intel logo Core i5-12600
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General information Core i5-12600 Core i5-2550K
Launched Q1 2022 Q1 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1700 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Alder Lake Sandy Bridge
Clock 3.3 GHz 2.9 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.8 GHz 0 % 3.8 GHz 20.8 %
Cores 6 0 % 4 33.3 %
Threads 12 0 % 4 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 31.6 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 10 nm 68.8 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 48 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 1.25 MB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 18 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i5-12600 Core i5-2550K
Overall Score 60907 0 % 40434 33.6 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 28 % 67.4 %
Benchmark Score 13762 0 % 2673 80.6 %
Single Thread Score 3803.7 0 % 1760.3 53.7 %
Encrypting Data 12697.7 MB/s 0 % 1038.9 MB/s 91.8 %
Compressing Data 250.9 MB/s 0 % 66.1 MB/s 73.7 %
String objects sorting 24734.4 thousand/s 0 % 8889.2 thousand/s 64.1 %
Prime numbers generation 84.7 millions/s 0 % 25.8 millions/s 69.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 65470 millions/s 0 % 14554.8 millions/s 77.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 51231.8 millions/s 0 % 7539.4 millions/s 85.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-12600, Core i5-2550K.

Average frames per second Core i5-12600 Core i5-2550K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.6 FPS 74.8 FPS
High settings 216.9 FPS 119.7 FPS
Medium settings 271.2 FPS 149.7 FPS
Low settings 338.9 FPS 187.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 44.8 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i5-12600 Core i5-2550K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 157.8 FPS 121.8 FPS
High settings 252.5 FPS 194.9 FPS
Medium settings 315.6 FPS 243.6 FPS
Low settings 394.5 FPS 304.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 22.8 %
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