Product Compare

Intel Core i5 12600K vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255U

	CPU Intel Core i5 12600K	CPU Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
General Parameters
Release Date	Oct 2021	Jan 2025
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Alder Lake	Arrow Lake
Processor Number	i5-12600K	255U
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 770	Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	3 nm
Socket	LGA-1700	FCBGA-2049
Power Consumption	125 W	12-15 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	150 W	57 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100°C	110 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	6	2
Performance Core Threads	12	4
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.7 GHz	2.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.9 GHz	5.2 GHz
Efficiency Cores	4	10
Efficiency Core Threads	4	10
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	2.8 GHz	1.7 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency	3.6 GHz	4.2 GHz
Total Core Count	10	12
Total Thread Count	16	14
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	37x	20
L1 Cache	80 K per core	112 K per core
L2 Cache	9728 K shared	2 MB per core
L3 Cache	20 MB shared	12 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200	LPDDR5-8400,LPDDR5x-8400,DDR5-6400
Max Memory Size	128 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1450 MHz	2100 MHz
Shader Units	256
Texture Units	16
Raster Operation Units	8
Execution Units	32
Power Consumption	15 W
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	4.0
PCIe Lanes	20	20
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1908	1803
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	17648	11888
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2548	2582
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	12188	10941