Intel Core i5-12500T vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 3 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

4814 points
5020 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7022 points
2% slightly better gaming score
6843 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4142 points
4448 points
7% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3986 points
4307 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

116.85 points
141.41 points
21% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
100% significantly more cores
3

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
100% significantly more threads
6

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
3.6 GHz
79% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
Identical
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
85% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

480 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7.5 MiB
150% significantly more L2 cache
3 MiB

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

365th of 1,089
345th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i5-12500T vs Ryzen 5 5500GT specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12500T performs better than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500GT in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12500T has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. Indeed, the Core i5-12500T has 6 cores compared to 3 cores found in the Ryzen 5 5500GT. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 5500GT has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12500T. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Core i5-12500T CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500GT CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-12500T has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5500GT. The Core i5-12500T also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i5-12500T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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