i5-12600H vs Celeron N2840

Primary details

Comparing Celeron N2840 and Core i5-12600H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated522
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
SeriesIntel CeleronIntel Alder Lake-P
Power efficiencyno data29.46
Architecture codenameBay Trail-M (2013−2014)Alder Lake-H (2022)
Release date22 May 2014 (10 years ago)January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Celeron N2840 and Core i5-12600H 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)12 (Dodeca-Core)
Threads216
Base clock speed2.16 GHz2.7 GHz
Boost clock speed2.58 GHz4.5 GHz
L1 cache56K (per core)80K (per core)
L2 cache512K (per core)1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography22 nmIntel 7 nm
Die sizeno data217 mm2
Maximum core temperature100 °C100 °C
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Celeron N2840 and Core i5-12600H 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
SocketFCBGA1170FCBGA1744
Power consumption (TDP)7.5 Watt45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Celeron N2840 and Core i5-12600H. 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-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring-+
Flex Memory Accessno data+
SIPP-+
Smart Connect+no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Celeron N2840 and Core i5-12600H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB++
Secure Key++
OS Guardno data+
Anti-Theft-no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Celeron N2840 and Core i5-12600H are enumerated here.

VT-d-+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Celeron N2840 and Core i5-12600H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4, DDR5
Maximum memory size8 GB64 GB
Max memory channels22
Maximum memory bandwidth21.32 GB/sno data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® HD Graphics for Intel Atom® Processor Z3700 SeriesIntel® Iris® Xe Graphics eligible
Quick Sync Video++
Graphics max frequency792 MHz1.4 GHz
Execution Unitsno data80

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Celeron N2840 and Core i5-12600H integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported24

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Celeron N2840 and Core i5-12600H integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Celeron N2840 and Core i5-12600H integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12.1
OpenGLno data4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Celeron N2840 and Core i5-12600H.

PCIe version2.04.0
PCI Express lanes420
USB revision3.0 and 2.0no data
Total number of SATA ports2no data
Number of USB ports5no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.



Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Celeron N2840 587
i5-12600H 22249
+3690%

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 12
Threads 2 16
Power consumption (TDP) 7 Watt 45 Watt

Celeron N2840 has 542.9% lower power consumption.

i5-12600H, on the other hand, has 500% more physical cores and 700% more threads.

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