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Intel Core i5-12500

Benchmarks for the Intel Core i5-12500 can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

  • The first graph shows the relative performance of the CPU compared to the 10 other common (single) CPUs in terms of PassMark CPU Mark.
  • The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
  • The pricing history data shows the price for a single Processor. For multiple Processors, multiply the price shown by the number of CPUs.

Is the Intel Core i5-12500 Good for Gaming?

This is an old CPU that contains 6 Cores and 12 Threads. The Intel Core i5-12500 also has reasonable threaded performance that will serve well in games. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? Yes, this would be a suitable CPU for gaming. [More ...]

Intel Core i5-12500

Description: Intel UHD Graphics 770

Class: Desktop

Socket: LGA 1700

Clockspeed: 3.0 GHz

Turbo Speed: 4.6 GHz

Cores: 6 Threads: 12

Typical TDP: 65 W

TDP Up: 117 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 6 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 6 x 48 KB
L2 Cache: 6 x 1280 KB
L3 Cache: 18 MB

Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 128 GB (Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s, Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s, ECC Supported)

Other names: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12500, 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12500

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2022

CPUmark/$Price: 98.31

Overall Rank:
793rd fastest in multithreading out of 5150 CPUs
288th fastest in single threading out of 5150 CPUs
269th fastest in out of 1449 Desktop CPUs

Last Price Change: $202.00 USD (2022-01-01)

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
19859
Single Thread Rating
3662

Samples: 1175*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Core i5-12500

Integer Math61,592 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math47,951 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers75 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting23,464 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption12,022 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression238,575 KBytes/Sec
Physics1,228 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions16,069 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread3,662 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 18th of June 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Core i5-12500

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 16th of June 2025
From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 16th of June 2025.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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Pricing History


Last 5 Baselines for Intel Core i5-12500
Most recent listed first
Baseline CPU Mark
BL2699668 - Jun 16 2025
18244
BL2697116 - Jun 14 2025
19197
BL2694889 - Jun 13 2025
19991
BL2694785 - Jun 13 2025
19993
BL2694533 - Jun 13 2025
19896
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for Intel Core i5-12500
As of 18th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i5-12500
19,859
Intel Core i5-12400 vs Intel Core i5-12500
18,972 (-4.5%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G vs Intel Core i5-12500
24,438 (+23.1%)
Intel Core i5-13400 vs Intel Core i5-12500
23,682 (+19.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs Intel Core i5-12500
21,555 (+8.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 3600X vs Intel Core i5-12500
18,162 (-8.5%)
Intel Core i5-11400 @ 2.60GHz vs Intel Core i5-12500
16,890 (-15.0%)
Intel Core i5-12500T vs Intel Core i5-12500
16,416 (-17.3%)
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X vs Intel Core i5-12500
28,403 (+43.0%)
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 vs Intel Core i5-12500
27,060 (+36.3%)
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i5-12500
23,055 (+16.1%)
AMD Ryzen 5 8500G vs Intel Core i5-12500
21,612 (+8.8%)
Intel Core i7-11700F @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-12500
20,752 (+4.5%)

Is the Intel Core i5-12500 Good for Gaming?
As of 18th of June 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
12,463
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,151
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
11,304
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,842
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,587
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,482
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,277
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,805
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D
9,768
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,656
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,522
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
9,503
Intel Core i5-12500
3,660