Intel Core i5-12500 vs Intel Core i9-9820X

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Core X-series 10 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

2% slightly better overall score

6987 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9976 points

29% slightly better gaming score

7678 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6301 points

6735 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6099 points

6649 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

170.78 points

204.52 points

19% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

66% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

66% significantly more threads

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

12% slightly higher turbo speed

4.1 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

153% significantly lower TDP

165 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

120% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

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

640 KiB

33% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB

259% significantly more L3 cache

5 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

182nd of 1,089

195th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Core X-series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2018 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR4-2666

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-12500 vs Core i9-9820X specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12500 is faster than the Core i9-9820X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9820X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-9820X has significantly more cores with 10 cores whereas the Core i5-12500 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12500. A Core i5-12500 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-9820X CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-12500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.