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Core i5-12600 vs Core i5-2500K

Core i5-12600 vs Core i5-2500K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12600 outperforms Core i5-2500K on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12600 is 4034 days newer than Core i5-2500K.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-12600

  • Performs up to 27% better in Alan Wake 2 than Core i5-2500K - 128 vs 101 FPS
  • Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i5-2500K - 65 vs 95 Watts
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-2500K - 12 vs 4 threads
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Alan Wake 2

Alan Wake 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Intel Core i5-12600 Logo
Core i5-12600

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


FPS

128

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€274.16

100%

FPS Winner

Intel® Core™ i5-12600 Desktop-Prozessor 18 MB Cache, bis zu 4,80 GHz

Buy for 274.16 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 75921 minutes ago

Intel Core i5-2500K Logo
Core i5-2500K

Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011


FPS

101

78.90625%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

Intel Core i5-12600 Logo
Core i5-12600

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022

Intel Core i5-2500K Logo
Core i5-2500K

Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-12600 Logo
Core i5-12600

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


Single-Core

2371

100%

Multi-Core

9721

100%

Intel Core i5-2500K Logo
Core i5-2500K

Desktop • Jan 9th, 2011


Single-Core

646

27.24588781105019%

Multi-Core

1921

19.761341425779243%

Intel Core i5-12600 Logo

Intel Core i5-12600

vs
Intel Core i5-2500K Logo

Intel Core i5-2500K

Jan 25th, 2022
Release DateJan 9th, 2011
Core i5CollectionCore i5
Alder LakeCodenameSandy Bridge
Intel Socket 1700SocketIntel Socket 1155
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6
Cores4
12
Threads4
3.3 GHzBase Clock Speed3.3 GHz
4.8 GHz
Turbo Clock Speed3.7 GHz
65 W
TDP95 W
10 nm
Process Size32 nm
33.0xMultiplier33.0x
UHD Graphics 770Integrated GraphicsIntel HD 3000
NoOverclockable
Yes

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