AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X vs Intel Core i5-12500

Compare AMD Ryzen Threadripper 12 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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$ 199.99

$ 72.23 significantly less expensive

$ 272.22

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6657 points

7166 points

7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6855 points

9976 points

45% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6596 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

6301 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6581 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

6099 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8387 points

38% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6075 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.91 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

170.78 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6100 points

9112 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1097 points

2182 points

98% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

7137 points

9032 points

26% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1179 points

2320 points

96% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.2 GHz

4.6 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

180 W

65 W

176% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1152 KiB

139% significantly 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

212th of 1,089

182nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen Threadripper

12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2022 February

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 Threadripper 1920X vs Core i5-12500 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X beats the Core i5-12500 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-12500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i5-12500 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12500. The Core i5-12500 outputs less heat than Ryzen Threadripper 1920X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 Ryzen Threadripper 1920X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.