Intel Core i5-12500 vs Intel Core i7-14700T

Core i5-12500 vs Core i7-14700T comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-14700T is faster than the Core i5-12500. Despite this, the Core i5-12500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700T has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12500. Indeed, the Core i7-14700T has 20 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.