Core i5-12600KF vs Celeron M 530

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron M 530 and Core i5-12600KF processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance rankingnot rated336
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data48.38
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesCeleron MIntel Core i5
Architecture codenameMerom (2006−2008)Alder Lake, Golden Cove, Gracemont (2021)
Release dateno data27 October 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$264

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron M 530 and Core i5-12600KF 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 cores1 (Single-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads116
Base clock speed1.73 GHz3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed1.73 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 4.0
Bus rate533 MHz8 × 16 GT/s
Multiplierno data37
L1 cacheno data384 KB
L2 cacheno data9.5 MB
L3 cache1 MB L2 Cache2 MB
Chip lithography65 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data215.25 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+
VID voltage range0.95V-1.3Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Celeron M 530 and Core i5-12600KF 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
SocketPBGA479,PPGA478FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron M 530 and Core i5-12600KF. 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-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)-+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
Idle States-+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Demand Based Switching-no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
FSB parity-no data
StatusDiscontinuedLaunched
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Celeron M 530 and Core i5-12600KF technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-no data
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron M 530 and Core i5-12600KF are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron M 530 and Core i5-12600KF. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesno dataDDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.805 GB/s

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron M 530 and Core i5-12600KF.

PCIe versionno data5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Celeron M 530 302
i5-12600KF 27650
+9056%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 10
Threads 1 16
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 125 Watt

Celeron M 530 has 316.7% lower power consumption.

i5-12600KF, on the other hand, has 900% more physical cores and 1500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Celeron M 530 and Core i5-12600KF. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron M 530 is a notebook processor while Core i5-12600KF is a desktop one.


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