AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs Intel Core i5 12500

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AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

Intel Core i5 12500

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 1800X with 8 cores 3.6GHz and Intel Core i5 12500 with 6 cores 3.0GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Intel Core i5 12500 's Advantages

Released 4 years and 10 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 2666)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 39.74GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)

Larger L3 cache size (18MB vs 16MB)

More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)

Lower TDP (65W vs 95W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

963

Intel Core i5 12500 +87%

1805

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

9232

Intel Core i5 12500 +35%

12471

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

1096

Intel Core i5 12500 +85%

2032

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

5970

Intel Core i5 12500 +1%

6066

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

981

Intel Core i5 12500 +77%

1737

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

6696

Intel Core i5 12500 +29%

8674

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

2178

Intel Core i5 12500 +68%

3680

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

16305

Intel Core i5 12500 +21%

19747

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

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Intel Core i5 12500

General Parameters

Mar 2017

Release Date

Jan 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-S

-

Processor Number

i5-12500

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Package

4.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

14 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

95 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

6

16

Performance Core Threads

12

3.6 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

36x

Multiplier

30x

96 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

16 MB shared

L3 Cache

18 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-2666

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

64 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

39.74 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

-

Integrated Graphics

true

-

GPU Base Frequency

300 MHz

-

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

1450 MHz

-

Shader Units

256

-

Texture Units

16

-

Raster Operation Units

8

-

Execution Units

32

-

Power Consumption

15 W

-

Graphics Performance

0.78 TFLOPS

Miscellaneous

AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12500

3.0

PCIe Version

5.0

20

PCIe Lanes

20

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