i5-12600KF vs Atom E625CT

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Primary details

Comparing Atom E625CT and Core i5-12600KF processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated358
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data48.61
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
Seriesno dataIntel Core i5
Power efficiencyno data13.29
Architecture codenameStellarton (2010)Alder Lake, Golden Cove, Gracemont (2021)
Release date22 November 2010 (14 years ago)4 November 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$264

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Atom E625CT and Core i5-12600KF 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 cores1 (Single-Core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speedno data3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed0.6 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 4.0
Bus rateno data8 × 16 GT/s
Multiplierno data37
L1 cache64 KB (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB (per core)9.5 MB
L3 cache0 KB20 MB (shared)
Chip lithography45 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size26 mm2215.25 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors47 millionno data
64 bit support-+
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Atom E625CT and Core i5-12600KF 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
SocketIntel BGA1466FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)3 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Atom E625CT and Core i5-12600KF. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology++
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Atom E625CT and Core i5-12600KF technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Atom E625CT and Core i5-12600KF are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Atom E625CT and Core i5-12600KF. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR2DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.805 GB/s

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel GMA 600no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Atom E625CT and Core i5-12600KF.

PCIe versionno data5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 November 2010 4 November 2021
Physical cores 1 10
Threads 2 16
Power consumption (TDP) 3 Watt 125 Watt

Atom E625CT has 4066.7% lower power consumption.

i5-12600KF, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, and 900% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Atom E625CT and Core i5-12600KF. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Atom E625CT is a notebook processor while Core i5-12600KF is a desktop one.


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