AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT vs Intel Core i5 12500

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AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT

Intel Core i5 12500

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT with 8 cores 3.9GHz 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 3800XT 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.9GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 18MB)

More modern manufacturing process (7nm vs 10nm)

Intel Core i5 12500 's Advantages

Released 1 years and 6 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 3200)

Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 47.68GB/s)

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

Lower TDP (65W vs 105W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT

1351

Intel Core i5 12500 +33%

1805

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT +3%

12952

Intel Core i5 12500

12471

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT

1679

Intel Core i5 12500 +21%

2032

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT +4%

6343

Intel Core i5 12500

6066

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT

81

Intel Core i5 12500 +18%

96

Blender

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT +12%

183

Intel Core i5 12500

163

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT

1319

Intel Core i5 12500 +31%

1737

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT +7%

9327

Intel Core i5 12500

8674

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT

2793

Intel Core i5 12500 +31%

3680

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT +19%

23540

Intel Core i5 12500

19747

AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT

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Intel Core i5 12500

General Parameters

Jul 2020

Release Date

Jan 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Zen 2

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-S

-

Processor Number

i5-12500

AM4

Socket

LGA-1700

N/A

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Package

3.8 billions

Transistor Count

-

7 nm

Manufacturing Process

10 nm

105 W

Power Consumption

65 W

95 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

100 °C

CPU Performance

8

Performance Cores

6

16

Performance Core Threads

12

3.9 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

4.7 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

39x

Multiplier

30x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

512 K per core

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

32 MB shared

L3 Cache

18 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

47.68 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

No

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 3800XT

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12500

4.0

PCIe Version

5.0

24

PCIe Lanes

20

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