Intel Core i5-12500T Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2024-03-28

The Intel Core i5-12500T has 6 cores with 12 threads and is based on the 12. gen of the Intel Core i5 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 1700 socket and was released in Q1/2022. The Intel Core i5-12500T scores 1,674 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 6,625 points.

CPU lineage
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Name:	Intel Core i5-12500T
Family:	Intel Core i5 (331)
CPU group:	Intel Core i 12000 (34)
Architecture:	Alder Lake S
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	12
Predecessor:	Intel Core i5-11500T
Successor:	Intel Core i5-13500T

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i5-12500T has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 12 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-12500T is 2.00 GHz (4.40 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	6 / 12
Core architecture:	normal
Cores:	6x Golden Cove

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	2.00 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	4.40 GHz
Turbo Frequency (6 Cores):	3.20 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i5-12500T has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i5-12500T uses the Intel UHD Graphics 770, which has 256 texture shaders and 32 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency:	0.30 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.45 GHz
Compute units:	32
Shader:	256
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q4/2021

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	11
Direct X:	12
Technology:	10 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	64 GB
Frame Generation:	No

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	Decode / Encode
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	Decode / Encode
VP9:	Decode / Encode

AV1:	Decode
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 128 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 76.8 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR5-4800 DDR4-3200	76.8 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
Max. Memory:	128 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	Yes
PCIe:	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth:	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	35 W
TDP (PL2):	74 W
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-12500T is made in 10 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 25.50 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	10 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	LGA 1700
L2-Cache:	7.50 MB
L3-Cache:	18.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date:	Q1/2022
Release price:	202 $
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i5-12500T
6C 12T @ 2.00 GHz (4.40 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-12500T have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i5-12400 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	102
	Intel Core i5-12400F 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	102
	Intel Core i5-12500H 12C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	102
	Intel Core i5-12500T 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	101
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8600G 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	101
	AMD Ryzen 5 8500G 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	101
	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	101

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.


	Intel Core i7-8700K 6C 12T @ 4.70 GHz	467
	Intel Core i3-13100 4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	465
	Intel Core i3-13100F 4C 8T @ 4.50 GHz	465
	Intel Core i5-12500T 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	458
	AMD Ryzen 5 7530U 6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz	458
	AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	455
	AMD Ryzen 5 1600 AF 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	452

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Intel Core i3-12300T 4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz	1686
	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	1679
	Intel Core i5-13420H 8C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	1677
	Intel Core i5-12500T 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	1674
	Intel Core i5-12500H 12C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	1674
	Intel Core i9-11900T 8C 16T @ 4.90 GHz	1674
	Intel Core i5-1340P 12C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	1671

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Intel Core i5-11500H 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	6672
	AMD Ryzen 5 5500GT 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	6637
	Sony Playstation 5 8C 16T @ 3.50 GHz	6635
	Intel Core i5-12500T 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	6625
	Intel Core i5-11400H 6C 12T @ 3.70 GHz	6576
	AMD Ryzen Embedded V2516 6C 12T @ 2.10 GHz	6575
	Intel Core i5-12400T 6C 12T @ 3.00 GHz	6573

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Ryzen 5 7640U 6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz	2340
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7640U 6C 12T @ 4.90 GHz	2340
	Intel Core i5-13450HX 10C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	2337
	Intel Core i5-12500T 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	2330
	AMD Ryzen 3 7440U 4C 8T @ 4.70 GHz	2323
	Intel Core i5-13420H 8C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	2320
	Intel Xeon W-1350 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	2317

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Core i5-11600K 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	8964
	Intel Core i5-11600KF 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	8964
	AMD Ryzen 7 5700G 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	8947
	Intel Core i5-12500T 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	8911
	Intel Xeon E-2356G 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	8864
	Intel Core i5-12450H 8C 12T @ 3.40 GHz	8862
	Intel Xeon Gold 5218 16C 32T @ 2.70 GHz	8856

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.


	Intel Core i7-4750HQ Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 @ 1.20 GHz	768
	Apple A14 Bionic Apple A14 @ 1.46 GHz	749
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Qualcomm Adreno 730 @ 0.82 GHz	745
	Intel Core i5-12500T Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.45 GHz	742
	Intel Core i7-12650HX Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.45 GHz	742
	Intel Core i7-12800HX Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.45 GHz	742
	Intel Core i5-11500B Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.45 GHz	742

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	17244
	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz	17198
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600H 6C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	17185
	Intel Core i5-12500T 6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz	17170
	Intel Core i5-11400F 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	17082
	Intel Core i5-11400 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	17082
	Intel Core i5-1335U 10C 12T @ 1.30 GHz	17062

Benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
272 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
271 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,755 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,703 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,042 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
516 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,392 entries

Description of the processor

With the Intel Core i5-12500T, Intel offers an energy-optimized desktop processor that has a significantly lower clock speed compared to the normal version of this processor. Specifically, the Intel Core i5-12500T has six 12th generation “Golden Cove” P cores (Alder Lake). Smaller E-cores are not present in this model.

The six P-cores clock at 2.0 GHz, but the Intel Core i5-12500T can dynamically increase the clock frequency to up to 4.4 GHz in Turbo mode. With load on all CPU cores, dynamic speeds of up to 3.2 GHz are possible. This is lower than the normal version of this processor. The TDP is correspondingly lower and cooling the CPU is also easier.

The Intel Core i5-12500T has an integrated graphics solution (iGPU for short). However, the Intel UHD Graphics 770 only has 32 execution units and 256 texture shaders and is only suitable for some older computer games due to its low graphics performance. Newer games require dedicated graphics.

The Intel Core i5-12500T supports both the older DDR4 and the newer DDR5 memory. The memory support depends on the motherboard. The Intel Core i5-12500T achieves a maximum memory bandwidth of 76.8 GB/s when using DDR5-4800 memory. However, faster RAM is also unofficially compatible.

We recommend using at least two memory modules so that dual-channel mode can be used. If only one module is installed in the system, the maximum memory bandwidth is halved.

The Intel Core i5-12500T is still manufactured at Intel using a 10 nm process and is not quite as energy efficient as the competing models from AMD and Apple. With 7.5 MB Level 2 cache and 18 MB Level 3 cache, the processor is ideal for many applications and, together with dedicated graphics, it is also well suited for computer games.

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