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

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7166 points

8351 points

16% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9976 points

10838 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6301 points

7548 points

19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6099 points

7300 points

19% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

170.78 points

224.34 points

31% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9032 points

9560 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2320 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2256 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

66% significantly more threads

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

4.7 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

35 W

85% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

480 KiB

960 KiB

100% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB

25 MiB

38% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

182nd of 1,089

132nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-12500 vs Core i7-12700T specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700T beats the Core i5-12500 in overall performance. 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 i7-12700T has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12500. Indeed, the Core i7-12700T has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12500.

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.