Intel Core i5-12500 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
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CPU comparison with benchmarks
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CPU comparisonIntel Core i5-12500 or Intel Core Ultra 7 165U - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.
The Intel Core i5-12500 has 6 cores with 12 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-12500 was released in Q1/2022. The Intel Core Ultra 7 165U has 12 cores with 14 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 96 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core Ultra 7 165U was released in Q4/2023. |
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| Intel Core i5 (331) | Family | Intel Core Ultra 7 (9) |
| Intel Core i 12000 (34) | CPU group | Intel Core Ultra 100U (7) |
| 12 | Generation | 1 |
| Alder Lake S | Architecture | Meteor Lake U |
| Desktop / Server | Segment | Mobile |
| Intel Core i5-11500 | Predecessor | -- |
| Intel Core i5-13500 | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe Intel Core i5-12500 is a 6 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.00 GHz (4.60 GHz). The Intel Core Ultra 7 165U has 12 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.70 GHz (4.90 GHz). |
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| Intel Core i5-12500 | Characteristic | Intel Core Ultra 7 165U |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 12 | Threads | 14 |
| normal | Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Yes | Hyperthreading | Yes |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 3.00 GHz (4.60 GHz) 6x Golden Cove |
A-Core | 1.70 GHz (4.90 GHz) 2x Redwood Cove |
| -- | B-Core | 1.20 GHz (3.80 GHz) 8x Crestmont |
| -- | C-Core | 0.70 GHz (2.10 GHz) 2x Crestmont |
Artificial Intelligence and Machine LearningProcessors 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. |
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| Intel Core i5-12500 | Characteristic | Intel Core Ultra 7 165U |
| -- | AI hardware | Intel AI engine |
| -- | AI specifications | Intel AI Boost @ 1.4 GHz (OpenVINO, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT) |
Internal GraphicsThe integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs. |
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| Intel UHD Graphics 770 | GPU | Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake) |
| 0.30 GHz | GPU frequency | 0.60 GHz |
| 1.45 GHz | GPU (Turbo) | 2.00 GHz |
| 11 | GPU Generation | -- |
| 10 nm | Technology | 5 nm |
| 3 | Max. displays | 4 |
| 32 | Compute units | 64 |
| 256 | Shader | 512 |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | Yes |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| 64 GB | Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB |
| 12 | DirectX Version | 12.2 |
Hardware codec supportA 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. |
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| Intel UHD Graphics 770 | GPU | Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake) |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | Decode / Encode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | Decode / Encode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h264 | Decode / Encode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec VP9 | Decode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec VP8 | Decode |
| Decode | Codec AV1 | Decode / Encode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec AVC | Decode / Encode |
| Decode | Codec VC-1 | Decode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec JPEG | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe Intel Core i5-12500 supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core Ultra 7 165U can connect up to 96 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. |
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| Intel Core i5-12500 | Characteristic | Intel Core Ultra 7 165U |
| DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 | Memory | LPDDR5X-7500, DDR5-5600 |
| 128 GB | Max. Memory | 96 GB |
| 2 (Dual Channel) | Memory channels | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| 76.8 GB/s | Max. Bandwidth | 120.0 GB/s |
| Yes | ECC | No |
| 7.50 MB | L2 Cache | 12.00 MB |
| 18.00 MB | L3 Cache | -- |
| 5.0 | PCIe version | 4.0 |
| 20 | PCIe lanes | 20 |
| 78.8 GB/s | PCIe Bandwidth | 39.4 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i5-12500 has a TDP of 65 W, that of the Intel Core Ultra 7 165U is 15 W. |
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| Intel Core i5-12500 | Characteristic | Intel Core Ultra 7 165U |
| 65 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 15 W |
| 117 W | TDP (PL2) | 57 W |
| -- | TDP up | 28 W |
| -- | TDP down | 12 W |
| 100 °C | Tjunction max. | 110 °C |
Technical detailsThe Intel Core i5-12500 has a 25.50 MB cache, while the Intel Core Ultra 7 165U cache has a total of 12.00 MB. |
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| Intel Core i5-12500 | Characteristic | Intel Core Ultra 7 165U |
| 10 nm | Technology | 7 nm |
| Monolithic | Chip design | Chiplet |
| x86-64 (64 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ | ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 |
| LGA 1700 | Socket | BGA 2049 |
| VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d | Virtualization | VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d |
| Yes | AES-NI | Yes |
| Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | Operating systems | Windows 11, Linux |
| Q1/2022 | Release date | Q4/2023 |
| 202 $ | Release price | -- |
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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.
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Intel Core i5-12500
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.45 GHz |
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Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake) @ 2.00 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i5-12500
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz |
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Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
12C 14T @ 4.90 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i5-12500
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz |
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Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
12C 14T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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Intel Core i5-12500
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz |
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Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
12C 14T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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Intel Core i5-12500
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
12C 14T @ 1.70 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i5-12500
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz |
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Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
12C 14T @ 4.90 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i5-12500
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
12C 14T @ 1.70 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i5-12500
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz |
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Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
12C 14T @ 4.90 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i5-12500
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
12C 14T @ 1.70 GHz |
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Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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Intel Core i5-12500
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz |
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Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
12C 14T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
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Intel Core i5-12500
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
12C 14T @ 1.70 GHz |
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Blender 3.1 Benchmark
In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
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Intel Core i5-12500
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
12C 14T @ 1.70 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Core i5-12500
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
12C 14T @ 1.70 GHz |
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)
The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
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Intel Core i5-12500
6C 12T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
12C 14T @ 1.70 GHz |
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CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
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Intel Core i5-12500
12,974 CB R23 MC @ 94 W |
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Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
1.70 GHz |
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