Intel Core i5 12500 's Advantages
Released 5 years late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 2400)
Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 35.76GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 3.0)
Larger L3 cache size (18MB vs 6MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (65W vs 91W)
Intel Core i5 7600K 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.8GHz vs 3.0GHz)