AMD Ryzen 7 7700X vs Intel Core i5 12500

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AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

Intel Core i5 12500

We compared two desktop CPUs: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X with 8 cores 4.5GHz 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 7700X 's Advantages

Released 8 months late

Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 4800)

Larger memory bandwidth (83.2GB/s vs 76.8GB/s)

Higher base frequency (4.5GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 18MB)

More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 10nm)

Intel Core i5 12500 's Advantages

Lower TDP (65W vs 105W)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X +10%

1989

Intel Core i5 12500

1805

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X +60%

20001

Intel Core i5 12500

12471

Geekbench 6 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X +38%

2824

Intel Core i5 12500

2032

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X +144%

14853

Intel Core i5 12500

6066

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X +21%

117

Intel Core i5 12500

96

Blender

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X +101%

329

Intel Core i5 12500

163

Geekbench 5 Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X +27%

2210

Intel Core i5 12500

1737

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X +62%

14074

Intel Core i5 12500

8674

Passmark CPU Single Core

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X +15%

4263

Intel Core i5 12500

3680

Passmark CPU Multi Core

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X +83%

36309

Intel Core i5 12500

19747

AMD Ryzen 7 7700X

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Intel Core i5 12500

General Parameters

Sep 2022

Release Date

Jan 2022

AMD

Manufacturer

Intel

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Raphael

Core Architecture

Alder Lake-S

-

Processor Number

i5-12500

AM5

Socket

LGA-1700

AMD Radeon™ Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Package

5 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

4.5 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.0 GHz

5.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.6 GHz

8

Total Core Count

6

16

Total Thread Count

12

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

45x

Multiplier

30x

512 KB

L1 Cache

64 K per core

8 MB

L2 Cache

1280 K per core

32 MB

L3 Cache

18 MB shared

Yes

Unlocked Multiplier

No

Memory Parameters

DDR5-5200

Memory Types

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

83.2 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

-

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

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 7700X

Official Website

Intel Core i5 12500

5.0

PCIe Version

5.0

24

PCIe Lanes

20

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