Intel Core i7-11700K vs Intel Core i5-12500

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core i5-12500

Price

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$ 359.00

$ 272.22

$ 86.78 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7984 points

11% slightly better overall score

7166 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9165 points

9976 points

8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7574 points

20% slightly better multitasking score

6301 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7434 points

21% slightly better heavy workload score

6099 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8151 points

34% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6075 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

208.15 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

170.78 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9777 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

9112 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2159 points

2182 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9888 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

9032 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2246 points

2320 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W

65 W

92% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB

33% slightly more L1 cache

480 KiB

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

149th of 1,089

182nd 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

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-11700K vs Core i5-12500 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-11700K 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 i7-11700K has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12500. Indeed, the Core i7-11700K 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 i7-11700K thanks to a 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. Indeed, the Core i7-11700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.