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Is the Intel Core i5-12500 Good for Gaming?
This is relatively new 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 Size: L1: 480 KB, L2: 7.5 MB, L3: 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: 99.05
Overall Rank: 467
Last Price Change: $202.00 USD (2022-01-01)
Integer Math | 61,963 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 48,125 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 77 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 23,700 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 12,076 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 240,656 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 1,195 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 16,139 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 3,732 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i9-13900K | 59,729 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,459 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,740 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 22,628 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,060 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,934 | |
Intel Core i5-12500 | 20,007 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,420 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,785 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,468 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,249 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 213.01 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 153.96 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 140.23 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 117.45 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 104.79 | |
Intel Core i5-12500 | 99.05 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.94 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 32.60 | |
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 | 4,665 | |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,194 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,053 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,955 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,843 | |
Intel Core i5-12500 | 3,732 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,715 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,359 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,942 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X | 2,663 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,569 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
BL1915879 - Oct 02 2023 | 21139 | |
BL1912661 - Sep 27 2023 | 20651 | |
BL1912647 - Sep 27 2023 | 20561 | |
BL1912148 - Sep 26 2023 | 19964 | |
BL1911653 - Sep 25 2023 | 16476 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
---|---|---|
Intel Core i5-12500 | 20,007 | |
Intel Core i5-12400 vs Intel Core i5-12500 | 19,478 (-2.6%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X vs Intel Core i5-12500 | 21,934 (+9.6%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G vs Intel Core i5-12500 | 24,669 (+23.3%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs Intel Core i5-12500 | 21,614 (+8.0%) | |
Intel Core i5-11600K @ 3.90GHz vs Intel Core i5-12500 | 19,701 (-1.5%) | |
Intel Core i5-12500T vs Intel Core i5-12500 | 16,772 (-16.2%) | |
Intel Core i5-12490F vs Intel Core i5-12500 | 20,650 (+3.2%) | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X vs Intel Core i5-12500 | 28,800 (+43.9%) | |
Intel Core i5-12600K vs Intel Core i5-12500 | 27,796 (+38.9%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X vs Intel Core i5-12500 | 26,781 (+33.9%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 3800X vs Intel Core i5-12500 | 23,224 (+16.1%) | |
Intel Core i7-11700F @ 2.50GHz vs Intel Core i5-12500 | 21,136 (+5.6%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
---|---|---|
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 9,182 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 9,098 | |
Intel Core i9-14900KF | 8,974 | |
Intel Core i9-13900KS | 8,536 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 8,435 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 7,818 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D | 7,812 | |
Intel Core i9-13900KF | 7,533 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | 7,238 | |
Intel Core i9-13900 | 6,917 | |
Intel Core i9-13900F | 6,914 | |
Intel Core i7-13700K | 6,855 | |
Intel Core i5-12500 | 4,239 |