Intel Core i5-12500T vs AMD Ryzen 5 7430U

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 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
9% slightly better overall score
4404 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7022 points
7% slightly better gaming score
6525 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4142 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
3759 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3986 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score
3630 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

116.85 points
34% slightly higher Blender score
86.99 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
2.30 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.3 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
15 W
133% significantly lower TDP

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
400th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i5-12500T vs Ryzen 5 7430U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7430U beats the Core i5-12500T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12500T in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 7430U has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12500T. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-12500T has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7430U. The Core i5-12500T also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-12500T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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