CPU Comparison

Intel Core i5 12500

6C / 12T

3 - 4.6 GHz

TDP: 65W

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Intel Core i7 11700K

8C / 16T

3.6 - 5 GHz

TDP: 125W

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Benchmark Scores

C23

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 125001,806

Intel Core i7 11700K1,595

Difference: 13.2% (Intel Core i5 12500 faster)

C23

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 1250012,417

Intel Core i7 11700K15,011

Difference: 20.9% (Intel Core i7 11700K faster)

C20

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 12500688

Intel Core i7 11700K612

Difference: 12.4% (Intel Core i5 12500 faster)

C20

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 125004,960

Intel Core i7 11700K5,709

Difference: 15.1% (Intel Core i7 11700K faster)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 125002,032

Intel Core i7 11700K2,207

Difference: 8.6% (Intel Core i7 11700K faster)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 125006,066

Intel Core i7 11700K7,901

Difference: 30.3% (Intel Core i7 11700K faster)

Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 125001,737

Intel Core i7 11700K1,704

Difference: 1.9% (Intel Core i5 12500 faster)

Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 125008,674

Intel Core i7 11700K10,087

Difference: 16.3% (Intel Core i7 11700K faster)

PassMark (Single-Core)

Intel Core i5 125003,680

Intel Core i7 11700K3,423

Difference: 7.5% (Intel Core i5 12500 faster)

PassMark (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5 1250019,747

Intel Core i7 11700K24,643

Difference: 24.8% (Intel Core i7 11700K faster)

Specifications

Cores

Threads

3 GHz

Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.6 GHz

Boost Frequency

5 GHz

65 W

TDP

125 W

LGA-1700

Socket

LGA-1200

Alder Lake-S

Architecture

Rocke tLake

10nm

Manufacturing

14nm

2022

Release Year

2021

18MB shared

L3 Cache

16MB shared

DDR5-4800

Memory Support

DDR4-3200

128GB

Max Memory

128GB

PCIe Version

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