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Celeron 3205U vs Core i5-12600K

Celeron 3205U vs Core i5-12600K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12600K outperforms Celeron 3205U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12600K is 2440 days newer than Celeron 3205U.

Advantages of Celeron 3205U

  • Consumes up to 88% less energy than Intel Core i5-12600K - 15 vs 125 Watts

Advantages of Core i5-12600K

  • Performs up to 83% better in Starfield than Celeron 3205U - 75 vs 41 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron 3205U - 16 vs 2 threads
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Starfield

Starfield

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Celeron 3205U Logo
Celeron 3205U

Mobile • Mar 1st, 2015


FPS

41

55%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i5-12600K Logo
Core i5-12600K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


FPS

75

100%

Value, €/FPS

€2.66/FPS

100%

Price, €

€199.77

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel Core i5-12600K LGA1700 Tablett, 3,6 GHz, CM8071504555227

Buy for 199.77 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 41 minutes ago

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Celeron 3205U Logo
Celeron 3205U

Mobile • Mar 1st, 2015

Intel Core i5-12600K Logo
Core i5-12600K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Celeron 3205U Logo
Celeron 3205U

Mobile • Mar 1st, 2015


Single-Core

280

11%

Multi-Core

486

4%

Intel Core i5-12600K Logo
Core i5-12600K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


Single-Core

2450

100%

Multi-Core

11792

100%

Intel Celeron 3205U Logo

Celeron 3205U

vs
Intel Core i5-12600K Logo

Core i5-12600K

Mar 1st, 2015Release Date
Nov 4th, 2021
CeleronCollectionCore i5
BroadwellCodenameAlder Lake
Intel BGA 1168SocketIntel Socket 1700
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
10
2Threads
16
1.5 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.7 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed4.9 GHz
15 W
TDP125 W
14 nmProcess Size
10 nm
15.0xMultiplier
37.0x
Intel HDIntegrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 770
NoOverclockable
Yes

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