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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-12600 outperforms the cheaper Athlon 200GE on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Athlon 200GE is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-12600 is 1237 days newer than the cheaper Athlon 200GE.
Advantages of AMD Athlon 200GE
- Up to 38% cheaper than Core i5-12600 - $149.0 vs $239.99
- Up to 11% better value when playing Far Cry 3 than Core i5-12600 - $1.16 vs $1.3 per FPS
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than Intel Core i5-12600 - 35 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-12600
- Performs up to 44% better in Far Cry 3 than Athlon 200GE - 184 vs 128 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Athlon 200GE - 12 vs 4 threads
Far Cry 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Athlon 200GE
Desktop • Sep 6th, 2018
FPS
128
69.56521739130434%
Value, $/FPS
$1.16/FPS
100%
Price, $
$149
100%
Value Winner
AMD YD200GC6FBBOX Athlon 200GE 2-Core 4-Thread AM4 Socket Desktop Processor with Radeon Vega Graphics
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Updated 360822 minutes ago
Core i5-12600
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
184
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.3/FPS
89.23076923076923%
Price, $
$239.99
62%
FPS Winner
Intel Core i5 i5-12600 3.30 GHz Processor - Retail Pack
Buy for $239.99 on Amazon
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Updated 360823 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Athlon 200GE
Desktop • Sep 6th, 2018
Core i5-12600
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Athlon 200GE
Desktop • Sep 6th, 2018
Single-Core
889
37.49472796288486%
Multi-Core
1857
19.10297294517025%
AMD Athlon 200GE | vs | Intel Core i5-12600 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 6th, 2018 | Release Date | Jan 25th, 2022 |
| Athlon | Collection | Core i5 |
| Raven Ridge | Codename | Alder Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.3 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.8 GHz |
35 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 32.0x | Multiplier | 33.0x |
| Radeon Vega 3 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Athlon 200GE or Core i5-12600
Far Cry 3, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
145 FPS
$6.41/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i5-12600
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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