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Core i5-5300U vs Core i5-12600K

Core i5-5300U vs Core i5-12600K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12600K outperforms Core i5-5300U 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 Core i5-5300U.

Advantages of Core i5-5300U

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

Advantages of Core i5-12600K

  • Performs up to 17% better in Sons Of The Forest than Core i5-5300U - 111 vs 95 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-5300U - 16 vs 4 threads
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Sons Of The Forest

Sons Of The Forest

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-5300U Logo
Core i5-5300U

Mobile • Mar 1st, 2015


FPS

95

86%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


FPS

111

100%

Value, £/FPS

£2.15/FPS

100%

Price, £

£238.61

100%

FPS and Value Winner

INTEL Core i5-12600K 3.6GHz LGA1700 Tray

Buy for £238.61 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 536 minutes ago

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-5300U Logo
Core i5-5300U

Mobile • Mar 1st, 2015

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-5300U Logo
Core i5-5300U

Mobile • Mar 1st, 2015


Single-Core

816

33%

Multi-Core

1570

13%

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


Single-Core

2450

100%

Multi-Core

11792

100%

Intel Core i5-5300U Logo

Core i5-5300U

vs
Intel Core i5-12600K Logo

Core i5-12600K

Mar 1st, 2015Release Date
Nov 4th, 2021
Core i5CollectionCore i5
BroadwellCodenameAlder Lake
Intel BGA 1168SocketIntel Socket 1700
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
10
4Threads
16
2.3 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.7 GHz
2.9 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.9 GHz
15 W
TDP125 W
14 nmProcess Size
10 nm
23.0xMultiplier
37.0x
Intel HD 5500Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 770
NoOverclockable
Yes

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