Intel Core i5-12500T vs AMD Ryzen 5 7530U

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
4% slightly better overall score
4604 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7022 points
11% slightly better gaming score
6298 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4142 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
4083 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3986 points
0.76% slightly better heavy workload score
3956 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

116.85 points
11% slightly higher Blender score
104.53 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7554 points
34% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
5620 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2155 points
31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1634 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
Identical
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

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
380th 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 7530U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7530U is faster than the Core i5-12500T. Despite this, the Core i5-12500T has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. According to our data, the Core i5-12500T and Ryzen 5 7530U have the same clock speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-12500T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 5 7530U. 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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