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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 ...]
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: 98.45
Overall Rank:
705th fastest in multithreading out of 4970 CPUs
231st fastest in single threading out of 4970 CPUs
238th fastest in out of 1406 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $202.00 USD (2022-01-01)
Integer Math | 61,802 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 48,100 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 74 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 23,468 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 12,088 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 239,993 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 1,191 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 16,126 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 3,682 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,835 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,391 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,069 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,577 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,111 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,878 | |
Intel Core i5-12500 | 19,887 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,216 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,726 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,618 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,152 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 200.77 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 190.91 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 155.19 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 145.24 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 117.67 | |
Intel Core i5-12500 | 98.45 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.54 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 47.31 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,614 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,151 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,024 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,903 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,684 | |
Intel Core i5-12500 | 3,682 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,362 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,924 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,565 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2393044 - Feb 05 2025 | 20740 | |
BL2389876 - Feb 04 2025 | 20891 | |
BL2389835 - Feb 04 2025 | 21496 | |
BL2389815 - Feb 04 2025 | 20425 | |
BL2381360 - Jan 31 2025 | 20638 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i5-12500 | 19,887 | |
Intel Core i5-12400 vs Intel Core i5-12500 | 19,297 (-3.0%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 4600G vs Intel Core i5-12500 | 16,045 (-19.3%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G vs Intel Core i5-12500 | 24,517 (+23.3%) | |
Intel Core i5-11600K @ 3.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-12500 | 19,556 (-1.7%) | |
Intel Core i5-12500T vs Intel Core i5-12500 | 16,535 (-16.9%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X vs Intel Core i5-12500 | 28,461 (+43.1%) | |
Intel Core i5-12600K vs Intel Core i5-12500 | 27,667 (+39.1%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 vs Intel Core i5-12500 | 27,071 (+36.1%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i5-12500 | 23,113 (+16.2%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs Intel Core i5-12500 | 21,561 (+8.4%) | |
Intel Core i7-11700 @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-12500 | 20,731 (+4.2%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600G vs Intel Core i5-12500 | 19,845 (-0.2%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,188 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,867 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,650 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,604 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,307 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,846 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,516 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,461 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,266 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,127 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF | 9,116 | |
Intel Core i9-14900KS | 9,040 | |
Intel Core i5-12500 | 3,607 |