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Intel Core i5-12600K vs Intel Core i7-4510U vs Intel Core i7-12700F

Intel Core i5-12600K

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The Intel Core i5-12600K is a mid-range CPU for desktops based on the Alder Lake architecture. It was first announced in November 2021 and offers 6 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores. The performance cores (P-cores) support HyperThreading, leading to 16 Threads that can be processed at once. The performance cores can clock with up to 4.9 GHz, the efficiency cores can clock with up to 3.6 GHz. All cores can use 20 MB Smart Cache. The integrated memory controller supports up to 128 GB DDR5 with 4800 MT/s (dual channel).

Thread Director (in hardware) can support the operating system to decide which thread to use on the performance or efficiency cores for the best performance.

The integrated graphics adapter is based on the Xe-architecture and called Intel UHD Graphics 770. It clocks between 300 and 1.45 GHz.

For AI tasks, the CPU also integrates GNA 3.0 and DL Boost. Quick Sync in version 8 is the same as in the Rocket Lake CPUs and supports MPEG-2, AVC, VC-1 decode, JPEG, VP8 decode, VP9, HEVC and AV1 decode in hardware.

Performance

The average 12600K in our database is way ahead of the Ryzen 9 3900 and the Core i9-10900K, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. This is a very fast CPU that should have no trouble running triple-A games for at least a couple of years.

Power consumption

This Core i5 series chip has a Base power consumption of 125 W, with its maximum Intel-recommended Turbo power consumption sitting at 150 W.

The i5-12600K is built with Intel's fourth generation 10 nm process marketed as Intel 7 for lower-than-average, as of mid 2023, energy efficiency.

Intel Core i7-4510U

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The Intel Core i7-4510U is an ULV (ultra low voltage) dual-core processor for ultrabooks launched in Q2 2014. It is based on the Haswell architecture and is manufactured in 22nm. Due to Hyper-Threading, the two cores can handle up to four threads in parallel, leading to better utilization of the CPU. Each core offers a base speed of 2.0 GHz, but can dynamically increase clock rates with Turbo Boost up to 3.1 GHz for 1 active core or 2.8 GHz for 2 active cores. That's 100 - 200 MHz more than the i7-4500U (1.8 - 3.0 GHz).

Architektur

Haswell is the successor to the Ivy Bridge architecture with improvements on both GPU and CPU performance. The CPUs are produced in 22nm and offer an optimized branch prediction as well as additional execution ports, improving the performance per clock by almost 10 percent. Furthermore, new features like AVX2 and FMA should increase the performance in future applications.

Performance

The performance of the Core i7-4510U is similar to the old and slightly higher clocked Core i7-3667U. However, when using new instruction sets such as AVX2 the performance can be significantly better. Thus, the CPU has sufficient power for office and multimedia purposes as well as more demanding applications.

Graphics

The integrated HD Graphics 4400 offers 20 Execution Units (EUs) clocked at 200 - 1100 MHz with Turbo Boost, making it somewhat faster than the former HD Graphics 4000. However, the HD 4400 is slightly slower than the HD 5000 found on a number of other ULV models.

Power Consumption

The i7-4510U is rated at a TDP of 15 W including the graphics card, memory controller, VRMs and the integrated chipset. Therefore, the CPU is suited for small ultrabooks 11-inches or greater.

Intel Core i7-12700F

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The Intel Core i7-12700F is a high end CPU for desktops based on the Alder Lake architecture. It was first announced in November 2021 and offers 8 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores. The performance cores (P-cores) support HyperThreading, leading to 20 threads that can be processed at once. The performance cores can clock with up to 4.9 GHz (Turbo Boost Max 3.0, 2.1 base), the efficiency cores can clock with up to 3.6 GHz (1.6 GHz base). All cores can use 25 MB Smart Cache. The integrated memory controller supports up to 128 GB DDR5 with 4800 MT/s (dual channel).

The Thread Director (in hardware) can support the operating system to decide which thread to use on the performance or efficiency cores for the best performance.

For AI tasks, the CPU also integrates GNA 3.0 and DL Boost. Quick Sync in version 8 is the same as in the Rocket Lake CPUs and supports MPEG-2, AVC, VC-1 decode, JPEG, VP8 decode, VP9, HEVC and AV1 decode in hardware.

The F-series desktop models don't offer an integrated graphics card.

The CPU is rated at 65 W base power and 180 Watt maximum Turbo power. It is manufactured in 10nm, called Intel 7, process at Intel.

ModelIntel Core i5-12600KIntel Core i7-4510UIntel Core i7-12700F
SeriesIntel Alder Lake-SIntel Core i7Intel Alder Lake-S
CodenameAlder LakeHaswellAlder Lake
Series: Alder Lake-S Alder Lake
Intel Core i9-12900K3.2 - 5.2 GHz16 / 24 cores30 MB L3
Intel Core i9-129002.4 - 5.1 GHz16 / 24 cores20 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12700K2.7 - 5 GHz12 / 20 cores25 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12700F3.3 - 4.9 GHz12 / 20 cores25 MB L3
Intel Core i7-127003.3 - 4.9 GHz12 / 20 cores25 MB L3
Intel Core i5-12600K « 2.8 - 4.9 GHz10 / 16 cores20 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4940MX3.1 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4930MX3 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4980HQ2.8 - 4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4910MQ2.9 - 3.9 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4900MQ2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4960HQ2.6 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4810MQ2.8 - 3.8 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4870HQ2.5 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4800MQ2.7 - 3.7 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4950HQ2.4 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4860HQ2.4 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4720HQ2.6 - 3.6 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4850HQ2.3 - 3.5 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4710HQ2.5 - 3.5 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4710MQ2.5 - 3.5 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4770HQ2.2 - 3.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4700HQ2.4 - 3.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4700MQ2.4 - 3.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4760HQ2.1 - 3.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4722HQ2.4 - 3.4 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4712HQ2.3 - 3.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4712MQ2.3 - 3.3 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4750HQ2 - 3.2 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4702HQ2.2 - 3.2 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4702MQ2.2 - 3.2 GHz4 / 8 cores6 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4610M3 - 3.7 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4600M2.9 - 3.6 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4578U3 - 3.5 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4558U2.8 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4600U2.1 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4650U1.7 - 3.3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4510U « 2 - 3.1 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4500U1.8 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4550U1.5 - 3 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i7-4610Y1.7 - 2.9 GHz2 / 4 cores4 MB L3
Intel Core i9-12900K3.2 - 5.2 GHz16 / 24 cores30 MB L3
Intel Core i9-129002.4 - 5.1 GHz16 / 24 cores20 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12700K2.7 - 5 GHz12 / 20 cores25 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12700F « 3.3 - 4.9 GHz12 / 20 cores25 MB L3
Intel Core i7-127003.3 - 4.9 GHz12 / 20 cores25 MB L3
Intel Core i5-12600K2.8 - 4.9 GHz10 / 16 cores20 MB L3
Clock2800 - 4900 MHz2000 - 3100 MHz3300 - 4900 MHz
L2 Cache9.5 MB512 KB12 MB
L3 Cache20 MB4 MB25 MB
Cores / Threads10 / 162 / 412 / 20
TDP125 Watt15 Watt65 Watt
Technology10 nm22 nm10 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C100 °C
SocketLGA1700BGALGA 1700
FeaturesDDR4-3200/DDR5-4800 RAM, PCIe 5, Thr. Dir., DL Boost, GNA, vPro Enterp., MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHAHD Graphics 4400 (200 - 1100 MHz), DDR3(L)-1600 Memory Controller, HyperThreading, AVX, AVX2, Quick Sync, Virtualization, AES-NI
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 770 (300 - 1450 MHz)Intel HD Graphics 4400 (200 - 1100 MHz)
Architecturex86x86x86
$289 U.S.$393 U.S.$386 U.S.
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com
L1 Cache128 KB1 MB
Die Size215 mm2

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-12600K
44.9 pt (62%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - 4510U
22.1 pt (31%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-12700F
44.5 pt (62%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
17491 Points (16%)
1341 Points (1%)
15291 Points (14%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
1907 Points (81%)
679 Points (29%)
1898 Points (81%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
734 Points (82%)
265 Points (29%)
726 Points (81%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
6692 Points (16%)
525 Points (1%)
5786 Points (14%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
2555 Points (16%)
min: 226     avg: 248.3     median: 244 (2%)     max: 282 Points
2610 Points (16%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
275 Points (83%)
min: 101     avg: 115.9     median: 119 (36%)     max: 120 Points
271 Points (82%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
30 Points (39%)
min: 2.53     avg: 2.8     median: 2.8 (4%)     max: 3 Points
33.5 Points (44%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
3.3 Points (82%)
min: 0.96     avg: 1.3     median: 1.4 (34%)     max: 1.38 Points
3.3 Points (82%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
9381 Points (57%)
min: 4441     avg: 4485     median: 4486 (27%)     max: 4527 Points
9146 Points (55%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
55462 Points (40%)
min: 7894     avg: 8720     median: 8931 (6%)     max: 9384 Points
56067 Points (41%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
89478 Points (62%)
min: 5474     avg: 9933     median: 12113 (8%)     max: 12211 Points
93400 Points (65%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
15180 Points (18%)
min: 3611     avg: 5108     median: 5840 (7%)     max: 5872 Points
15176 Points (18%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
202.7 s (2%)
553 s (7%)
128.3 s (2%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
4.7 s (1%)
17 s (3%)
3 s (1%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
6239 Points (10%)
min: 2349     avg: 2432     median: 2474 (4%)     max: 2474 Points
8695 Points (14%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
64260 MIPS (37%)
7662 MIPS (4%)
61218 MIPS (35%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
5944 MIPS (71%)
3351 MIPS (40%)
6145 MIPS (73%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
148 fps (52%)
min: 16     avg: 16.4     median: 16.4 (6%)     max: 16.78 fps
118.6 fps (41%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
333.5 fps (77%)
min: 88.5     avg: 88.8     median: 88.8 (20%)     max: 89 fps
296.5 fps (68%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
30.1 fps (53%)
1.9 fps (3%)
17.7 fps (31%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1.3 GB/s (0%)
min: 0.146     avg: 0.1     median: 0.2 (0%)     max: 0.15 GB/s
1.5 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
2.2 GB/s (38%)
min: 0.26     avg: 0.3     median: 0.3 (4%)     max: 0.263 GB/s
2.8 GB/s (48%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
12.8 GB/s (33%)
1.7 GB/s (4%)
3.3 GB/s (9%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
100%
1 4510U +
3772 Seconds (48%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
189.5 Seconds (1%)
1963 Seconds (14%)
212 Seconds (1%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
0.4 sec (10%)
1 sec (21%)
0.4 sec (9%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
15722 Points (33%)
min: 3217     avg: 3427     median: 3341.5 (7%)     max: 3806 Points
15823 Points (34%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
7.4 s (2%)
12 s (3%)
7.4 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
16.4 s (1%)
28 s (1%)
16.5 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
363.2 s (2%)
642 s (3%)
386.3 s (2%)
SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) - SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS)
100%
1 4510U +
64000 MIPS (30%)
SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) - SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS)
100%
1 4510U +
34340 MFLOPS (26%)
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 CPU
100%
1 4510U +
7.1 Points (91%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
85458 Points (75%)
66554 Points (58%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
25017 Points (68%)
min: 2969     avg: 3561     median: 3690.5 (10%)     max: 3901 Points
23748 Points (64%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
78037 Points (63%)
min: 15548     avg: 29571     median: 32516.5 (26%)     max: 34894 Points
81273 Points (66%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
79174 Points (64%)
77233 Points (63%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
77742 Points (65%)
79448 Points (67%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
20161 Points (51%)
min: 2149     avg: 2753     median: 2847.5 (7%)     max: 2910 Points
17840 Points (45%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
29671 Points (53%)
min: 3275     avg: 3980     median: 4089 (7%)     max: 4175 Points
31106 Points (55%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
13869 Points (58%)
11521 Points (49%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
1904 Points (80%)
758 Points (32%)
1590 Points (67%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
12797 Points (23%)
1534 Points (3%)
10126 Points (18%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1821 Points (8%)
752 Points (3%)
1557 Points (7%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
12746 Points (40%)
1521 Points (5%)
10249 Points (32%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
8223 Points (82%)
3594 Points (36%)
6698 Points (67%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
46557 Points (51%)
6379 Points (7%)
39852 Points (44%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 4510U +
min: 5301     avg: 5569     median: 5666 (10%)     max: 5740 Points
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 4510U +
min: 2646     avg: 2860     median: 2947 (58%)     max: 2986 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 4510U +
5333 Points (43%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 4510U +
5363 Points (49%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 4510U +
6647 Points (13%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 4510U +
5827 Points (12%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 4510U +
5971 Points (16%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
511 ms (1%)
min: 1386     avg: 2186     median: 2325.5 (3%)     max: 2385 ms
522 ms (1%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 4510U +
min: 96.6     avg: 102.8     median: 100.2 (1%)     max: 113.7 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
1 4510U +
min: 13750     avg: 15869     median: 14223.5 (12%)     max: 24290 Points
94804 Points (83%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
100%
1 4510U +
102.2 Points (29%)
271 Points (78%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
293 Points (61%)
137.3 Points (29%)
281 Points (59%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
1637 Points (63%)
598 Points (23%)
1841 Points (71%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
256.5 Watt (44%)
114.6 Watt (20%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
205.9 Watt (38%)
127.6 Watt (23%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
29.7 Watt (20%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
12.4 Points per Watt (9%)
20.5 Points per Watt (15%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-12600K → 100% n=42

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-4510U → 38% n=42

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-12700F → 96% n=42

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

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