Intel Celeron G6900T vs Intel Core i5-12600T. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Intel Celeron Intel Core i5
• CPU group
  Intel Celeron G6000 Intel Core i 12000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  10 12
• Predecessor
  Intel Celeron G5900T Intel Core i5-11600T

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  2 / 2 6 / 12
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• A-Core
  2x Golden Cove 6x Golden Cove
• Frequency
  2.80 GHz 2.10 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 4.60 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 710 Intel UHD Graphics 770
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.30 GHz 1.45 GHz
• Execution units
  16 32
• Shader
  128 256
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB --
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  13 11
• Direct X
  12 12
• Technology
  14 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q4/2021

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-12600T and Intel Celeron G6900T. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• ECC
  No No
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 5.0 x 20
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Celeron G6900T and Intel Core i5-12600T to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  35 W 35 W
• TDP (PL2)
  -- 74 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Celeron G6900T and Intel Celeron G6900T, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  2.50 MB 7.50 MB
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 18.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Alder Lake S
• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Socket
  LGA 1700 LGA 1700
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q1/2022