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General information Core i5-12500 Core2 Duo E4600
Launched Q1 2022 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1700 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Alder Lake Conroe
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.4 GHz 20 %
Cores 6 0 % 2 66.7 %
Threads 12 0 % 2 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
Lithography 10 nm 84.6 % 65 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 48 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 1.25 MB
1 × 2 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i5-12500 Core2 Duo E4600
Overall Score 59894 0 % 27346 54.3 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 10 % 88.4 %
Benchmark Score 12869 0 % 559 95.7 %
Single Thread Score 3721.9 0 % 940.7 74.7 %
Encrypting Data 11978.6 MB/s 0 % 1277 MB/s 89.3 %
Compressing Data 236.5 MB/s 0 % 19 MB/s 92 %
String objects sorting 23474.2 thousand/s 0 % 2596.8 thousand/s 88.9 %
Prime numbers generation 75.3 millions/s 0 % 3 millions/s 96 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 62204.4 millions/s 0 % 3579.6 millions/s 94.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 48301.3 millions/s 0 % 1990 millions/s 95.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-12500, Core2 Duo E4600.

Average frames per second Core i5-12500 Core2 Duo E4600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.6 FPS 37.3 FPS
High settings 212.2 FPS 59.6 FPS
Medium settings 265.2 FPS 74.6 FPS
Low settings 331.5 FPS 93.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 71.9 %

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 i5-12500 Core2 Duo E4600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 156.1 FPS 98.8 FPS
High settings 249.8 FPS 158.1 FPS
Medium settings 312.2 FPS 197.7 FPS
Low settings 390.3 FPS 247.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 36.7 %
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