Intel Core i5-12500 vs Intel Core i7-12700K

Core i5-12500 vs Core i7-12700K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700K is faster than the Core i5-12500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12500 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12700K has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12500. Indeed, the Core i7-12700K has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12500. A Core i5-12500 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-12700K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-12500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.