Intel Core i7-10700KF vs Intel Core i5-12500

Core i7-10700KF vs Core i5-12500 specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10700KF is faster than the Core i5-12500. Despite this, the Core i5-12500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-10700KF has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12500. Indeed, the Core i7-10700KF has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12500. The Core i5-12500 outputs less heat than Core i7-10700KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-10700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.