intel core i5 12500 vs intel core i5 11500

Intel Core i5 12500
VS
Intel Core i5 11500
Intel Core i5 12500
Intel Core i5 11500

We compared two CPUs Intel Core i5 12500 (Desktop) 6-cores against Intel Core i5 11500 (Desktop) 6-cores. In this comparison page, we check which of these two processor has better performance in benchmark results, Games, architecture, price and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved

Key Differences

What are the key differences between Intel Core i5 12500 and Intel Core i5 11500
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12500
  • Newer released 1 years later
  • Around 26.8 GB/s (35%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 14
Advantages of Intel Core i5 11500

Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs in benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
core i5 12500 +17%
1812
core i5 11500
1497
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
core i5 12500 +21%
12581
core i5 11500
9887
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
core i5 12500 +15%
3749
core i5 11500
3186
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
core i5 12500 +13%
20524
core i5 11500
17806
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
core i5 12500 +16%
8729
core i5 11500
7369

Specifications

Full technical specification of core i5 12500 and core i5 11500

General

Intel Core i5 12500 Intel Core i5 11500
Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 4 2022 March 16 2021
Type Desktop Desktop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake-S Rocket Lake
Socket FCLGA1700 FCLGA1200
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 750

Performance

Intel Core i5 12500 Intel Core i5 11500
Cores 6 6
Threads 12 12
Base Frequency 3 GHz 2.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency 4.6 GHz 4.6 GHz
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1.25 MB (per core) 256K (per core)
L3 Cache 18 MB (shared) 12 MB (shared)

Power

Intel Core i5 12500 Intel Core i5 11500
Fabrication process Intel 7 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 W 65 W
Max. temperature 100°C 100°C

Memory support

Intel Core i5 12500 Intel Core i5 11500
Memory types DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 DDR4-3200
Memory Size 128 GB 128 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 50 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

iGPU

Intel Core i5 12500 Intel Core i5 11500
Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 750
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1.45 MHz 1.3 MHz
Shading Units 256 256
TMUs 16 64
ROPs 8 32
Execution Units 32 32
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
core i5 12500
0.78 TFLOPS
core i5 11500
0.46 TFLOPS

Misc

Intel Core i5 12500 Intel Core i5 11500
Official site Intel Core i5 12500 official page Intel Core i5 11500 official page
PCI Express Version 4
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i5 11500 or Intel Core i5 12500?