Intel Core i5-12500 vs Intel Core i9-9900KS

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i9-9900KS

Price

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$ 272.22

$ 1116.78 significantly less expensive

$ 1389.00

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7166 points

7509 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9976 points

8% slightly better gaming score

9220 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6301 points

6930 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6099 points

6769 points

10% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6075 points

7296 points

20% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

170.78 points

173.21 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9112 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

8419 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2182 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1690 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9032 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

8569 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2320 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1789 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

5 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

95% significantly lower TDP

127 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

25% slightly more pcie lanes

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

512 KiB

6% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB

12% slightly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

182nd of 1,089

167th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

9th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2019 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 i9-9900KS comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-9900KS is faster than the Core i5-12500. Despite this, the Core i5-12500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-9900KS has slightly more cores with 8 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 i9-9900KS 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.