Intel Core i5-12500T vs AMD Ryzen 7 7730U

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 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

4814 points
5419 points
12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7022 points
4% slightly better gaming score
6732 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4142 points
5010 points
20% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3986 points
4902 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

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

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7554 points
21% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
6209 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2155 points
32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1630 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

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
512 KiB
6% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7.5 MiB
87% significantly more L2 cache
4 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
302nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7

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 7 7730U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12500T is faster than the Ryzen 7 7730U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 7730U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 7730U has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12500T. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7730U has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12500T. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12500T. In terms of clock speed, the Core i5-12500T and Ryzen 7 7730U are identical in this regard. In terms of cache, the Core i5-12500T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 7730U. The Core i5-12500T also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-12500T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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