Intel Core i5-12500 vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Z1 8 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

13% slightly better overall score

6328 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9976 points

28% slightly better gaming score

7752 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6301 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

5895 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6099 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

5789 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6075 points

6531 points

7% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

170.78 points

0.72% slightly higher Blender score

169.56 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9032 points

9595 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2320 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2167 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

5.1 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

28 W

132% significantly lower TDP

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

234th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Ryzen Z1

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 Ryzen Z1 Extreme benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12500 performs better than the Ryzen Z1 Extreme. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Z1 Extreme in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme 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.

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.