Intel Core i5-6500 vs Intel Core i7-12700KF

Compare Intel 6th Generation Core i5 4 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i7-12700KF

Price

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$ 103.63

$ 126.34 significantly less expensive

$ 229.97

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2289 points

11376 points

396% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4255 points

13117 points

208% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1743 points

10800 points

519% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1675 points

10658 points

536% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

2113 points

10063 points

376% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

44.07 points

304.09 points

590% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3159 points

13015 points

311% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1147 points

2418 points

110% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3287 points

13490 points

310% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1202 points

2520 points

109% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

200% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

400% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

3.6 GHz

12% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

5 GHz

38% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

192% significantly lower TDP

190 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB

128 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

256 KiB

960 KiB

274% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

6 MiB

25 MiB

316% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

663rd of 1,089

62nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

6th Generation Core i5

12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2015 August

2021 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1866

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-6500 vs Core i7-12700KF comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700KF is faster than the Core i5-6500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-6500 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12700KF has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i5-6500 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-6500. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-12700KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-6500. Also, the Core i7-12700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-6500 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-12700KF CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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. For instance, the Core i5-6500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.