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Celeron G550 vs Core i5-12600K

Celeron G550 vs Core i5-12600K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Prices and Stock

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Prices and Stock

MSRP $289

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12600K outperforms Celeron G550 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12600K is 3443 days newer than Celeron G550.

Advantages of Celeron G550

  • Consumes up to 48% less energy than Intel Core i5-12600K - 65 vs 125 Watts

Advantages of Core i5-12600K

  • Performs up to 10% better in Crysis 3 Remastered than Celeron G550 - 196 vs 178 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron G550 - 16 vs 2 threads
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Crysis 3 Remastered

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Celeron G550 Logo
Celeron G550

Desktop • Jun 1st, 2012


FPS

178

91%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


FPS

196

100%

Value, £/FPS

£1.22/FPS

100%

Price, £

£238.62

100%

FPS and Value Winner

INTEL Core i5-12600K 3.6GHz LGA1700 Tray

Buy for £238.62 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 180 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Celeron G550 Logo
Celeron G550

Desktop • Jun 1st, 2012

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Celeron G550 Logo
Celeron G550

Desktop • Jun 1st, 2012


Single-Core

385

16%

Multi-Core

629

5%

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


Single-Core

2450

100%

Multi-Core

11792

100%

Intel Celeron G550 Logo

Celeron G550

vs
Intel Core i5-12600K Logo

Core i5-12600K

Jun 1st, 2012Release Date
Nov 4th, 2021
CeleronCollectionCore i5
Sandy BridgeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel Socket 1155SocketIntel Socket 1700
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
10
2Threads
16
2.6 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.7 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed4.9 GHz
65 W
TDP125 W
32 nmProcess Size
10 nm
26.0xMultiplier
37.0x
Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 770
NoOverclockable
Yes

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£238.62

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£238.62

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Core i5-12600K

£238.62

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