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Celeron 2955U vs Core i5-12600K

Celeron 2955U vs Core i5-12600K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12600K outperforms Celeron 2955U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12600K is 2986 days newer than Celeron 2955U.

Advantages of Intel Celeron 2955U

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

Advantages of Intel Core i5-12600K

  • Performs up to 18% better in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II than Celeron 2955U - 222 vs 188 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron 2955U - 16 vs 2 threads
This is a free version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

Intel Celeron 2955U Logo
Celeron 2955U

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2013


FPS

188

85%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


FPS

222

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.9/FPS

100%

Price, €

€199.76

100%

FPS and Value Winner

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

Buy for 199.76 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 400 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

Intel Celeron 2955U Logo
Celeron 2955U

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2013

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Celeron 2955U Logo
Celeron 2955U

Mobile • Sep 1st, 2013


Single-Core

268

11%

Multi-Core

460

4%

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


Single-Core

2450

100%

Multi-Core

11792

100%

Intel Celeron 2955U

vs

Intel Core i5-12600K

Sep 1st, 2013Release Date
Nov 4th, 2021
CeleronCollectionCore i5
HaswellCodenameAlder Lake
Intel Socket G2 (988B)SocketIntel Socket 1700
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
10
2Threads
16
1.4 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.7 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed4.9 GHz
15 W
TDP125 W
22 nmProcess Size
10 nm
14.0xMultiplier
37.0x
Intel HDIntegrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 770
NoOverclockable
Yes

PC Builds Using Celeron 2955U or Core i5-12600K

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, 1920 x 1080, Extreme

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