Intel Core i5-12600K vs AMD Athlon II X2 250e
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| Intel Core i5-12600K | AMD Athlon II X2 250e | |
CPU comparisonIntel Core i5-12600K or AMD Athlon II X2 250e - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.
The Intel Core i5-12600K has 10 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.90 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-12600K was released in Q4/2021. The AMD Athlon II X2 250e has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X2 250e was released in Q3/2010. |
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| Intel Core i5 (331) | Family | AMD Athlon II (52) |
| Intel Core i 12000 (34) | CPU group | AMD Athlon II X2 (Propus) (18) |
| 12 | Generation | 1 |
| Alder Lake S | Architecture | Propus |
| Desktop / Server | Segment | Desktop / Server |
| Intel Core i5-11600K | Predecessor | -- |
| Intel Core i5-13600K | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe Intel Core i5-12600K is a 10 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.70 GHz (4.90 GHz). The AMD Athlon II X2 250e has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz. |
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| Intel Core i5-12600K | Characteristic | AMD Athlon II X2 250e |
| 10 | Cores | 2 |
| 16 | Threads | 2 |
| hybrid (big.LITTLE) | Core architecture | normal |
| Yes | Hyperthreading | No |
| Yes | Overclocking ? | No |
| 3.70 GHz (4.90 GHz) 6x Golden Cove |
A-Core | 3.00 GHz |
| 2.80 GHz (3.60 GHz) 4x Gracemont |
B-Core | -- |
Internal GraphicsThe integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs. |
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| Intel UHD Graphics 770 | GPU | no iGPU |
| 0.30 GHz | GPU frequency | -- |
| 1.45 GHz | GPU (Turbo) | -- |
| 11 | GPU Generation | -- |
| 10 nm | Technology | |
| 3 | Max. displays | |
| 32 | Compute units | -- |
| 256 | Shader | -- |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| 64 GB | Max. GPU Memory | -- |
| 12 | DirectX Version | -- |
Hardware codec supportA photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos. |
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| Intel UHD Graphics 770 | GPU | no iGPU |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h264 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec VP9 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec VP8 | No |
| Decode | Codec AV1 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec AVC | No |
| Decode | Codec VC-1 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec JPEG | No |
Memory & PCIeThe Intel Core i5-12600K supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD Athlon II X2 250e can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. |
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| Intel Core i5-12600K | Characteristic | AMD Athlon II X2 250e |
| DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 | Memory | DDR3-1333 |
| 128 GB | Max. Memory | 16 GB |
| 2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| 76.8 GB/s | Max. Bandwidth | 21.3 GB/s |
| Yes | ECC | No |
| 9.50 MB | L2 Cache | 2.00 MB |
| 20.00 MB | L3 Cache | -- |
| 5.0 | PCIe version | 2.0 |
| 20 | PCIe lanes | -- |
| 78.8 GB/s | PCIe Bandwidth | -- |
Thermal ManagementThe TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i5-12600K has a TDP of 125 W, that of the AMD Athlon II X2 250e is 45 W. |
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| Intel Core i5-12600K | Characteristic | AMD Athlon II X2 250e |
| 125 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 45 W |
| 150 W | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | -- |
| 100 °C | Tjunction max. | -- |
Technical detailsThe Intel Core i5-12600K has a 29.50 MB cache, while the AMD Athlon II X2 250e cache has a total of 2.00 MB. |
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| Intel Core i5-12600K | Characteristic | AMD Athlon II X2 250e |
| 10 nm | Technology | 45 nm |
| Monolithic | Chip design | Unknown |
| x86-64 (64 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ | ISA extensions | MMX, 3DNow!, SSE3, SSE4a |
| LGA 1700 | Socket | AM3 |
| VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d | Virtualization | AMD-V |
| Yes | AES-NI | No |
| Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux |
| Q4/2021 | Release date | Q3/2010 |
| 289 $ | Release price | -- |
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Average performance in benchmarks
⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 4.90 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X2 250e
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 4.50 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X2 250e
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
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Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 4.50 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X2 250e
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
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Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 4.90 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X2 250e
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
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Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 4.90 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X2 250e
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 4.90 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X2 250e
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 4.50 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X2 250e
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
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Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 4.90 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X2 250e
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
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Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 4.50 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X2 250e
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 4.90 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X2 250e
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 4.50 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X2 250e
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz |
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
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Intel Core i5-12600K
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.45 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X2 250e
@ 0.00 GHz |
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Blender 3.1 Benchmark
In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
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Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 4.50 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X2 250e
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz |
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)
The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
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Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 4.50 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X2 250e
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz |
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)
The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
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Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 3.70 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X2 250e
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 4.90 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X2 250e
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 4.50 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X2 250e
2C 2T @ 3.00 GHz |
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CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
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Intel Core i5-12600K
17,660 CB R23 MC @ 115 W |
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AMD Athlon II X2 250e
3.00 GHz |
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Devices using this processor |
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| Intel Core i5-12600K | AMD Athlon II X2 250e |
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