Intel Core Ultra 5 225 vs Intel Core i5 12600K
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Compared 2 processors: Intel Core Ultra 5 225, vs Intel Core i5 12600K. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| Integer Math | 66.3 GOps/s | 87.8 GOps/s |
| Floating-Point Math | 93.5 GOps/s | 67.3 GOps/s |
| Prime Number Search | 367 M primes/s | 92 M primes/s |
| Random String Sort | 36.4 M strings/s | 35.7 M strings/s |
| Data Encryption | 22.5 GB/s | 18.5 GB/s |
| Data Compression | 303.4 MB/s | 344.4 MB/s |
| Physics | 2547 frames/s | 1526 frames/s |
| Extended Instructions | 268 M matrices/s | 22 M matrices/s |
| File Compression | 1210 MB/s | 822.6 MB/s |
| Clang Compilation | 108.2 KLines/s | 98.7 KLines/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 327.3 pages/s | 261.1 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 351.5 MP/sec | 347.9 MP/sec |
| Text Processing | 320.3 pages/s | 258.5 pages/s |
| Background Blur | 69.3 frames/s | 58.9 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 113.1 frames/s | 103.5 frames/s |
| Ray Tracing | 21.2 MP/sec | 22.8 MP/sec |
Blender
Performance/Watt
| Geekbench 6 Multi / W | 215.7 PPW | 97.6 PPW |
| PassMark CPU / W | 472.5 PPW | 221.1 PPW |
| Cinebench 2024 / W | 14.5 PPW | 7.7 PPW |
| Blender / W | n/a | 1.88 PPW |
General Info
| Manufacturer | Intel | Intel |
| Announced | December, 18, 2024 | October, 27, 2021 |
| Type | PC use | PC use |
| Architecture | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Arrow Lake | Alder Lake |
| Model number | 225 | i5-12600K |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
Processor
| Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Threads | 6 | 12 |
| Frequency | 3.3 GHz | 3.7 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | 4.9 GHz | 4.9 GHz |
| Cores | 4 | 4 |
| Threads | 4 | 4 |
| Frequency | 2.7 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| Max Frequency (Turbo) | 4.4 GHz | 3.6 GHz |
| Cores count | 10 | 10 |
| Threads count | 10 | 16 |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 33x | 37x |
| L1 cache | 192 KB/core | 80 KB/core |
| L2 cache | 3000 KB/core | 9728 KB/core |
| L3 Cache | 20 MB total | 20 MB total |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | Yes |
Package
| Process tech. | 3 nm | 10 nm |
| Power (TDP) | 65 W | 125 W |
| Max TDP (Boost) | 121 W | 150 W |
| Socket | FCLGA-1851 | LGA-1700 |
| Critical temp. | 105 °C | 100 °C |
Memory Support
| Memory Type | DDR5-6400 | - DDR5-4800 - DDR4-3200 |
| Max Size | 256 GB | 128 GB |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC support | No | Yes |
| Max memory bandwidth | n/a | 76.8 GB |
Other
| PCIe Version | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Max PCIe Lanes | 24 | 20 |
| Tech | - Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, DLBoost 3.0, F16C, SHA - Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, Thread Director - Virtualization: VMD, VT-d, VT-x - Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit |
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