AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core i5-12500T

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5931 points
23% slightly better overall score
4814 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7969 points
13% slightly better gaming score
7022 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5267 points
27% slightly better multitasking score
4142 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5102 points
27% slightly better heavy workload score
3986 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

141.88 points
21% slightly higher Blender score
116.85 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7653 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
7554 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1872 points
2155 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
Identical
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
79% significantly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz
4.4 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
35 W
85% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
480 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

3 MiB
7.5 MiB
150% significantly 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

256th of 1,089
365th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 April
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 5 5500 vs Core i5-12500T comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12500T is faster than the Ryzen 5 5500. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500 in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 5500 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12500T. Despite this, the Core i5-12500T has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12500T outputs less heat than Ryzen 5 5500 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-12500T has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5500. The Core i5-12500T also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 Ryzen 5 5500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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