Intel Core i5 12500 vs AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

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We compared two desktop CPUs: Intel Core i5 12500 with 6 cores 3.0GHz and AMD Ryzen 7 3700X with 8 cores 3.6GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.

Main Differences

Intel Core i5 12500 's Advantages

Released 2 years and 6 months late

Integrated graphics card

Higher specification of memory (DDR5-4800 vs DDR4-3200)

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

Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0)

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 's Advantages

Higher base frequency (3.6GHz vs 3.0GHz)

Larger L3 cache size (32MB vs 18MB)

Score

Benchmark

Cinebench R23 Single Core

Intel Core i5 12500 +34%

1804

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

1344

Cinebench R23 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 12500 +4%

12721

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

12181

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Intel Core i5 12500 +24%

2032

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

1629

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 12500

6066

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +33%

8104

Cinebench 2024 Single Core

Intel Core i5 12500 +22%

93

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

76

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Intel Core i5 12500 +36%

1737

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

1275

Geekbench 5 Multi Core

Intel Core i5 12500 +3%

8674

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

8375

Passmark CPU Single Core

Intel Core i5 12500 +39%

3680

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

2646

Passmark CPU Multi Core

Intel Core i5 12500

19747

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X +14%

22611

Intel Core i5 12500

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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

General Parameters

Jan 2022

Release Date

Jul 2019

Intel

Manufacturer

AMD

Desktop

Type

Desktop

x86-64

Instruction Set

x86-64

Alder Lake-S

Core Architecture

Zen 2

i5-12500

Processor Number

-

LGA-1700

Socket

AM4

UHD Graphics 770

Integrated Graphics

N/A

Package

-

Transistor Count

3.8 billions

10 nm

Manufacturing Process

7 nm

LGA-1700

Socket

AM4

65 W

Power Consumption

65 W

100 °C

Peak Operating Temperature

95 °C

CPU Performance

6

Performance Cores

8

12

Performance Core Threads

16

3.0 GHz

Performance Core Base Frequency

3.6 GHz

4.6 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

4.4 GHz

6

Total Core Count

8

12

Total Thread Count

16

100 MHz

Bus Frequency

100 MHz

30x

Multiplier

36x

64 K per core

L1 Cache

64 K per core

1280 K per core

L2 Cache

512 K per core

18 MB shared

L3 Cache

32 MB shared

No

Unlocked Multiplier

Yes

Memory Parameters

DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200

Memory Types

DDR4-3200

128 GB

Max Memory Size

128 GB

2

Max Memory Channels

2

76.8 GB/s

Max Memory Bandwidth

47.68 GB/s

Yes

ECC Memory Support

Yes

Graphics Card Parameters

true

Integrated Graphics

-

300 MHz

GPU Base Frequency

-

1450 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

-

256

Shader Units

-

16

Texture Units

-

8

Raster Operation Units

-

32

Execution Units

-

15 W

Power Consumption

-

0.78 TFLOPS

Graphics Performance

-

Miscellaneous

Intel Core i5 12500

Official Website

AMD Ryzen 7 3700X

5.0

PCIe Version

4.0

20

PCIe Lanes

16

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