Intel Core i9-11900F vs Intel Core i5-12500

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 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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$ 329.00

$ 272.22

$ 56.78 slightly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8228 points

14% slightly better overall score

7166 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10552 points

5% slightly better gaming score

9976 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7484 points

18% slightly better multitasking score

6301 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7301 points

19% slightly better heavy workload score

6099 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11422 points

88% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

6075 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

166.69 points

170.78 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9643 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

9112 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2228 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

2182 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9503 points

5% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

9032 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2234 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

5.2 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

Identical

65 W

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

140th of 1,092

184th of 1,092

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9

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

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i9-11900F vs Core i5-12500 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-11900F is faster than the Core i5-12500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12500 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-11900F has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-12500 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12500. 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.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-11900F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.