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Core i5-1230U vs Core i5-12600K

Core i5-1230U vs Core i5-12600K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12600K outperforms Core i5-1230U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12600K is 111 days older than Core i5-1230U.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-12600K

  • Performs up to 4% better in Resident Evil Village than Core i5-1230U - 315 vs 304 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-1230U - 16 vs 12 threads
This is a free version of Resident Evil Village.
Resident Evil Village

Resident Evil Village

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

Intel Core i5-1230U Logo
Core i5-1230U

Mobile • Feb 23rd, 2022


FPS

304

97%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


FPS

315

100%

Value, £/FPS

£0.76/FPS

100%

Price, £

£238.64

100%

FPS and Value Winner

INTEL Core i5-12600K 3.6GHz LGA1700 Tray

Buy for £238.64 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 129 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

Intel Core i5-1230U Logo
Core i5-1230U

Mobile • Feb 23rd, 2022

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-1230U Logo
Core i5-1230U

Mobile • Feb 23rd, 2022


Single-Core

1652

67%

Multi-Core

5567

47%

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


Single-Core

2450

100%

Multi-Core

11792

100%

Intel Core i5-1230U

vs

Intel Core i5-12600K

Feb 23rd, 2022
Release DateNov 4th, 2021
Core i5CollectionCore i5
Alder LakeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel BGA 1781SocketIntel Socket 1700
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
10Cores10
12Threads
16
1.0 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.7 GHz
4.4 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
4.9 GHz
Not AvailableTDP125 W
10 nmProcess Size10 nm
10.0xMultiplier
37.0x
Iris Xe 80EUIntegrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 770
NoOverclockable
Yes

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