i5-12400 vs Celeron 6205

Primary details

Comparing Celeron 6205 and Core i5-12400 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated630
Place by popularitynot in top-10062
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel Tiger Lakeno data
Power efficiencyno data17.75
Architecture codenameTiger Lake U (2020)Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release date1 September 2020 (4 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron 6205 and Core i5-12400 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads212
Base clock speedno data2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2/2 GHz4.4 GHz
L1 cache160 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache2.5 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache4 MB18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography10 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data163 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 6205 and Core i5-12400 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configurationno data1
SocketBGA1499FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 6205 and Core i5-12400. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Celeron 6205 and Core i5-12400 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 6205 and Core i5-12400 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 6205 and Core i5-12400. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUsIntel UHD Graphics 730
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.45 GHz
Execution Unitsno data24

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 6205 and Core i5-12400 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron 6205 and Core i5-12400 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron 6205 and Core i5-12400 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 6205 and Core i5-12400.

PCIe versionno data5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 4.55 4.15
Recency 1 September 2020 4 January 2022
Physical cores 2 6
Threads 2 12
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 65 Watt

Celeron 6205 has 9.6% faster integrated GPU, and 333.3% lower power consumption.

i5-12400, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 200% more physical cores and 500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Celeron 6205 and Core i5-12400. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron 6205 is a notebook processor while Core i5-12400 is a desktop one.


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