i5-12600K vs Celeron 887E

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Primary details

Comparing Celeron 887E and Core i5-12600K processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated364
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data43.97
Market segmentLaptopDesktop processor
SeriesIntel CeleronIntel Core i5
Power efficiencyno data13.19
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Alder Lake, Golden Cove, Gracemont (2021)
Release dateno data4 November 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$289

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Celeron 887E and Core i5-12600K 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 cores2 (Dual-core)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speedno data3.7 GHz
Boost clock speed1.5 GHz4.9 GHz
Bus typeDMI 2.0DMI 4.0
Bus rate4 × 5 GT/s8 × 16 GT/s
Multiplier1537
L1 cache128 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache512 KB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache2 MB20 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size131 mm2215.25 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data100 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data72 °C
Number of transistors504 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron 887E and Core i5-12600K 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 configuration1 (Uniprocessor)1
Socketno dataFCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)17 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron 887E and Core i5-12600K. 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-+
FMA++
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
SIPP-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Celeron 887E and Core i5-12600K technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron 887E and Core i5-12600K are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron 887E and Core i5-12600K. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3-1333DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size16 GB128 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth21.335 GB/s76.805 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card
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Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)Intel UHD Graphics 770
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.45 GHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron 887E and Core i5-12600K integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron 887E and Core i5-12600K integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron 887E and Core i5-12600K integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron 887E and Core i5-12600K.

PCIe versionno data5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Integrated graphics card 0.34 6.16
Physical cores 2 10
Threads 2 16
Power consumption (TDP) 17 Watt 125 Watt

Celeron 887E has 635.3% lower power consumption.

i5-12600K, on the other hand, has 1711.8% faster integrated GPU, and 400% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Celeron 887E and Core i5-12600K. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Celeron 887E is a notebook processor while Core i5-12600K is a desktop one.


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