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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: 98.36

Overall Rank:
737th fastest in multithreading out of 5041 CPUs
246th fastest in single threading out of 5041 CPUs
250th fastest in out of 1422 Desktop CPUs

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

Average CPU Mark rating
Multithread Rating
19869
Single Thread Rating
3678

Samples: 939*
*Margin for error: Low

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Core i5-12500

Integer Math61,824 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math48,125 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers73 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting23,501 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption12,092 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression239,912 KBytes/Sec
Physics1,182 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions16,134 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread3,678 MOps/Sec
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of April 2025.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Core i5-12500

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 2nd of April 2025
From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 2nd of April 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
BL2524410 - Apr 01 2025
17783
BL2518282 - Mar 30 2025
20608
BL2516003 - Mar 29 2025
18279
BL2515593 - Mar 28 2025
18190
BL2514540 - Mar 28 2025
18969
Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.
Popular comparisons for Intel Core i5-12500
As of 3rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i5-12500
19,869
Intel Core i5-12400 vs Intel Core i5-12500
19,236 (-3.2%)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G vs Intel Core i5-12500
24,493 (+23.3%)
Intel Core i5-12500T vs Intel Core i5-12500
16,441 (-17.3%)
Intel Core i5-12600K vs Intel Core i5-12500
27,632 (+39.1%)
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 vs Intel Core i5-12500
27,052 (+36.1%)
Intel Core i5-13400 vs Intel Core i5-12500
23,552 (+18.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 vs Intel Core i5-12500
21,559 (+8.5%)
AMD Ryzen 5 5500 vs Intel Core i5-12500
19,343 (-2.6%)
AMD Ryzen 7 2700X vs Intel Core i5-12500
17,493 (-12.0%)
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X vs Intel Core i5-12500
16,335 (-17.8%)
AMD Ryzen 5 4500 vs Intel Core i5-12500
16,116 (-18.9%)
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X vs Intel Core i5-12500
15,658 (-21.2%)

Is the Intel Core i5-12500 Good for Gaming?
As of 3rd of April 2025 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor Relative Gaming Score
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D
12,366
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
12,189
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
11,358
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
10,857
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
10,599
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
10,539
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
10,295
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
9,822
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
9,704
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
9,531
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF
9,440
Intel Core Ultra 5 235
9,439
Intel Core i5-12500
3,588