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Intel Core m3-7Y30 vs Intel Core i5-12600K

Last updated: 2026-07-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 28 %

Intel Core m3-7Y30

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-12600K

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 9 %

Intel Core m3-7Y30

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-12600K

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.60 GHz

460 pts

10C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

1,918 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.00 GHz

645 pts

10C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

17,660 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.60 GHz

851

10C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

2,472

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.00 GHz

1,547

10C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

11,991

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.60 GHz

675

10C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

1,854

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.00 GHz

270 cb

10C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

6,702 cb

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.00 GHz

1,387

10C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

11,912

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 615

346

Intel UHD Graphics 770

742

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.60 GHz

120

10C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

766

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 1.00 GHz

390

10C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

5,540

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.60 GHz

107 cb

10C / 16T · 4.90 GHz

274 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 2.00 GHz

242 cb

10C / 16T · 4.50 GHz

2,596 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core m3-7Y30	Intel Core i5-12600K
Family	Intel Core M (16)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core M 7 (2)	Intel Core i 12000 (34)
Architecture	Kaby Lake Y	Alder Lake S
Technology	14 nm	10 nm
Segment	Notebook	Desktop
Socket	BGA 1515	LGA 1700
Predecessor		Intel Core i5-11600K
Successor		Intel Core i5-13600K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core m3-7Y30	Intel Core i5-12600K
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	10 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✓
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	2x 1.00 - 2.60 GHz	6x Golden Cove 3.70 - 4.90 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Gracemont 2.80 - 3.60 GHz
L2-Cache		9.50 MB
L3-Cache	4.00 MB	20.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✓

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core m3-7Y30	Intel Core i5-12600K
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 615	Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency	0.30 - 0.90 GHz	0.30 - 1.45 GHz
CUs / Shader	24 / 192	32 / 256
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	16 GB	64 GB
Technology	14nm	10 nm
Release date	Q2/2016	Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core m3-7Y30	Intel Core i5-12600K
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core m3-7Y30	Intel Core i5-12600K
Memory	LPDDR3-1866 (29.8 GB/s) DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	16 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	Yes
PCIe	3.0 x 10	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	9.9 GB/s	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core m3-7Y30	Intel Core i5-12600K
TDP	4.5 W	125 W
TDP (PL2)		150 W
TDP up	7 W
TDP down	3.75 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core m3-7Y30	Intel Core i5-12600K
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems		Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q3/2016	Q4/2021
Release price	281 $	289 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C / 4T · 1.00 - 2.60 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-12600K
10C / 16T · 3.70 - 4.90 GHz

★★★★★