Intel Core i5-12500

Intel Core i5-12500 Benchmark and Specs

Intel Core i5-12500 Processor benchmark, specs and release date - 6 core Intel 12th Generation Core i5 LGA 1700 CPU rating. Is the Core i5-12500 good for gaming?

Benchmark Score

71 %
Very Good score from 1 sample
High uncertainty
Performance
Very Good
Ranking
51st of 626
Popularity
69th of 626
Samples
1 benchmarks

CPU benchmarks

Here are the performance results of this CPU in both the hardwareDB Benchmark and other benchmark utilities. Synthetic tests are an estimation of real-world performance using consistent and repeatable benchmarks.

Overall

Very Good

71 %

Gaming

Very Good

99 %

Multitasking

Very Good

63 %

Heavy Workloads

Very Good

61 %

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Alternative benchmarks

Here are some benchmark results using alternative testing software

3DMark Physics

3DMark Physics

Physics simulation benchmark

9,495
Blender

Blender

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

185
Geekbench 5 (multi)

Geekbench 5 (multi)

Multi threaded benchmark

9,112
Geekbench 5 (single)

Geekbench 5 (single)

Single threaded benchmark

2,182
Geekbench 6 (multi)

Geekbench 6 (multi)

Multi threaded benchmark

8,945
Geekbench 6 (single)

Geekbench 6 (single)

Single threaded benchmark

2,209

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CPU Comparison

The Intel Core i5-12500 compared against popular alternatives. Compare against more CPUs with our CPU Comparison Tool.

Intel Core i5-12600K
94 %
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
79 %
Intel Core i5-12500
71 %
Intel Core i5-12400
70 %
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
65 %
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
61 %
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
61 %

Specifications

Turbo Speed 4.6 GHz
Cores 6
Threads 12
L1 Cache 480 KiB
L3 Cache 18 MiB
PCIe Revision 5
PCIe Lanes 20
Socket LGA 1700
Family 12th Generation Core i5
Memory Type DDR5-4800
Memory Channels 2
Max Memory 128 GiB
Release Date 2022-02-01
Supports ECC Memory Yes
Has Unlocked Multiplier No
TDP 65 W

More Intel 12th Generation Core i5 CPUs

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Core i5-12600KF
Core i5-12600KF
Core i5-12500H
Core i5-12500H
Core i5-12450H
Core i5-12450H
Core i5-1235U
Core i5-1235U
Core i5-1240P
Core i5-1240P
Core i5-12500T
Core i5-12500T

Intel Core i5-12500

The Core i5-12500 is a 6 core CPU from Intel released in 2022. This chip has a very good overall score at 71% in our CPU benchmark. Our gaming benchmark shows that this CPU is a very good processor for gaming, with a score of 99%. As for multitasking and heavy workloads, the Core i5-12500 scores 63% and 61% respectively. Indeed, this is a very good rating for very heavy workloads.

The Core i5-12500 has 6 cores and 12 threads. This CPU makes use of simultaneous multithreading technology to improve performance on parallel tasks. Each physical CPU core is divided into multiple logical processors. This CPU has a locked multiplier, so you are not able to overclock it beyond this frequency.

As for memory, the Core i5-12500 makes use of DDR5-4800 memory. The faster the memory, the better. Faster memory means that the CPU doesn't have to wait to get the data it needs. It can accommodate a maximum of 128 GiB of memory. Furthermore, this chip can handle up to 2 channels of RAM, a multichannel memory architecture allows for higher data transfer between the CPU and the memory. However, to take advantage of this, you must have enough memory slots filled. Error correcting memory is supported on this processor.

In terms of cache, the Core i5-12500 has 480 KiB of level 1 cache, and 18 MiB of level 3 cache. This is a fast memory located close to the processor, which stores copies of frequently used data from main memory.

This CPU has fast connectivity with support for PCI-Express Gen 5. The faster the PCIe link, the better. This allows for better performance with GPUs and NVME SSDs. It has a total of 20 PCIe lanes.

Power and thermals for the Intel Core i5-12500 CPU are a TDP (Thermal Design Power) of 65 watts. This measures the amount of heat the processor produces when running at full load. This isn't a measure of power consumption, but it's good estimate.

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