Intel Core m5-6Y57 vs Intel Core i7-12700. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core M Intel Core i7
• Generation
  6 12
• CPU group
  Intel Core M 6 Intel Core i 12000
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Core i7-11700

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.

• Frequency
  1.10 GHz 2.10 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 12
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.80 GHz 4.80 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 20
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  -- 8x Golden Cove
• B core
  -- 4x Gracemont

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 HD Graphics 515 Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32 (Alder Lake S)
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.90 GHz 1.45 GHz
• Execution units
  24 32
• Shader
  192 256
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• Max. displays
  3 4
• Generation
  9 12
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  14 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2015 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 Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-12700 and Intel Core m5-6Y57. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-1866 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• Max. Memory
  256 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0 5.0
• PCIe lanes
  10 20

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core m5-6Y57 and Intel Core i7-12700 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  4.5 W 65 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core m5-6Y57 and Intel Core m5-6Y57, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  -- 2.50 MB
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 25.00 MB
• Architecture
  Skylake Y Alder Lake S
• Technology
  14 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1515 LGA 1700
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q4/2021