CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i5-12600

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 12 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.3 Base / 4.8 GHz Turbo

CACHE 18 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE —

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Intel

INTEL

Xeon 678X

CORE STATE Granite Rapids

CORE SPECS 48 Cores / 96 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.4 Base / 4.9 GHz Turbo

CACHE 192 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 300W

ARCHITECTURE Granite Rapids

nm

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2026

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

1,825

8,444

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

257

1,192

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

7,605

35,185

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,073

4,967

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

18,108

83,775

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

2,556

N/A

passmark_data_compression

252,160

1,690,896

passmark_data_encryption

13,084

83,598

passmark_extended_instructions

17,027

141,431

passmark_find_prime_numbers

83

1,010

passmark_floating_point_math

50,838

362,070

passmark_integer_math

66,123

405,075

passmark_multithread

21,399

98,559

passmark_physics

1,365

7,809

passmark_random_string_sorting

25,832

164,102

passmark_single_thread

3,823

3,758

passmark_singlethread

3,823

3,758

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i5-12600

678X

Core Specs

Cores

6

48 +700.0%

Threads

12

96 +700.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.3

2.4 -27.3%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.8

4.9 +2.1%

Frequency (GHz)

3.3

2.4 -27.3%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.8

4.9 +2.1%

Multiplier

33

24 -27.3%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

112 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1.25 MB (per core)

2 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

18 MB (shared)

192 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

300 +361.5%

PL1

65 W

—

PL2

117 W

—

Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Granite Rapids

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Granite Rapids

Generation

Core i5 (Alder Lake-S)

Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)

Process Size

10 nm

5 nm

Die Size

163 mm²

2x 598 mm²

Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Eight-channel

Memory Bandwidth

—

409.6 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

Yes

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

—

DDR5 Speed

4800 MT/s

—

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Intel Socket 4710

Chipsets

Intel 600 Series, Intel 700 Series

W890

PCIe

Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 128 Lanes(CPU only)

AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

—

10 nm

Interconnect

CXL

—

Gen 2.0 (Shared with PCI-E)

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

—

Other

Market

Desktop

Server/Workstation

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$233

$3749

Part Number

SRL5T

SA2CX

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-LGA18N

Tj Max

100°C

98°C

Bundled Cooler

Laminar RM1

None

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