i5-12600HE vs Duo T2600

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Primary details

Comparing Core Duo T2600 and Core i5-12600HE processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated442
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel Core Duono data
Power efficiencyno data32.56
Architecture codenameYonah (2005−2006)Alder Lake-H (2022)
Release date5 January 2006 (18 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$440no data

Detailed specifications

Core Duo T2600 and Core i5-12600HE 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speed2.16 GHz2.5 GHz
Boost clock speed2.16 GHz4.5 GHz
Bus rate667 MHzno data
L1 cache0 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm10 nm
Die size90 mm2217 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °Cno data
Number of transistors151 Millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range1.1625V - 1.3Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core Duo T2600 and Core i5-12600HE 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 configuration11
SocketPPGA478, PBGA479Intel BGA 1744
Power consumption (TDP)31 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core Duo T2600 and Core i5-12600HE. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-no data
TSX-+
Idle States-no data
Demand Based Switching-no data
PAE32 Bitno data
FSB parity-no data

Security technologies

Core Duo T2600 and Core i5-12600HE technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT-+
EDB+no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core Duo T2600 and Core i5-12600HE are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core Duo T2600 and Core i5-12600HE. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1DDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIris Xe 80EU

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core Duo T2600 and Core i5-12600HE.

PCIe versionno data4.0
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.

Duo T2600 460
i5-12600HE 24599
+5248%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 12
Threads 2 16
Chip lithography 65 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 31 Watt 45 Watt

Duo T2600 has 45.2% lower power consumption.

i5-12600HE, on the other hand, has 500% more physical cores and 700% more threads, and a 550% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core Duo T2600 and Core i5-12600HE. We've got no test results to judge.


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