Intel Core i7-11700F vs Intel Core i5-12500H

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 12 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

6877 points
0.03% slightly better overall score
6875 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8972 points
9088 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6226 points
6235 points
0.14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6069 points
6100 points
0.51% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7665 points
23% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6198 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.87 points
10% slightly higher Blender score
149.52 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
Identical
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB
960 KiB
49% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
5 MiB
25% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
18 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

200th of 1,089
201st of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-11700F vs Core i5-12500H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11700F performs better than the Core i5-12500H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12500H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12500H has significantly more cores than the Core i7-11700F. Indeed, the Core i5-12500H has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-11700F. But they both have the same number of threads. In terms of clock speed, the Core i7-11700F and Core i5-12500H are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core i7-11700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12500H outputs less heat than Core i7-11700F thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-12500H has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-11700F. The Core i5-12500H also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i7-11700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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