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Intel Core Ultra 7 255U vs Intel Core i5 12600

	CPU Intel Core Ultra 7 255U	CPU Intel Core i5 12600
General Parameters
Release Date	Jan 2025	Jan 2022
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Arrow Lake	Alder Lake
Processor Number	255U	i5-12600
Integrated Graphics	Arc Graphics (4-Cores)	UHD Graphics 770
Package
Manufacturing Process	3 nm	10 nm
Socket	FCBGA-2049	LGA-1700
Power Consumption	12-15 W	65 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	57 W	117 W
Peak Operating Temperature	110 °C	100°C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	2	6
Performance Core Threads	4	6
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.0 GHz	3.3 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5.2 GHz	4.8 GHz
Efficiency Cores	10
Efficiency Core Threads	10
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	1.7 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency	4.2 GHz
Total Core Count	12	6
Total Thread Count	14	12
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	20	33x
L1 Cache	112 K per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	2 MB per core	1280 K per core
L3 Cache	12 MB shared	18 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	LPDDR5-8400,LPDDR5x-8400,DDR5-6400	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size	128 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
ECC Memory Support	No	Yes
Max Memory Bandwidth		76.8 GB/s
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	2100 MHz	1450 MHz
GPU Base Frequency		300 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	4.0	5.0
PCIe Lanes	20	20
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1803	1853
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	11888	13367
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2582	2536
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	10941	10456