AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Intel Core i5-12500

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 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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$ 255.93

$ 13.90 slightly less expensive

$ 269.83

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

79 %

11% slightly better overall score

71 %

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

96 %

98 %

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

74 %

17% slightly better multitasking score

63 %

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

72 %

18% slightly better heavy workload score

61 %

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11342

19% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

9495

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

230.00

24% slightly higher Blender score

185.30

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10085

10% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

9112

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2119

2182

2% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10085

10% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

9112

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2119

2182

2% 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

4.7 GHz

2% slightly higher turbo speed

4.6 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W

65 W

61% 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

512 KiB

6% slightly more L1 cache

480 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

32 MiB

77% significantly more L3 cache

18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

51st of 1,239

72nd of 1,239

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop

12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

May 2020

February 2022

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 7 5800X vs Core i5-12500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 5800X beats the Core i5-12500 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-12500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800X has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-12500 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12500. The Core i5-12500 outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 5800X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. 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 Ryzen 7 5800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.