Intel Core i5-7500 vs Intel Core i5-12490F

Core i5-7500 vs Core i5-12490F comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12490F beats the Core i5-7500 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-7500 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12490F has significantly more cores than the Core i5-7500. Indeed, the Core i5-12490F has 6 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-7500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-7500. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-7500 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12490F. Despite this, the Core i5-12490F has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-12490F has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-7500. The Core i5-12490F also has significantly 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. For instance, the Core i5-7500 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.