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Intel Core i5-12500 vs MediaTek Dimensity 9000

Last updated: 2026-07-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-12500

Rank 2 - 70 %

MediaTek Dimensity 9000

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-12500

Rank 2 - 43 %

MediaTek Dimensity 9000

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz

1,804

8C / 8T · 3.05 GHz

1,270

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

8,973

8C / 8T · 3.05 GHz

4,335

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel UHD Graphics 770

742

ARM Mali-G710 MP10

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12500	MediaTek Dimensity 9000
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Mediatek Dimensity (38)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	MediaTek Dimensity 9000 (2)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	Cortex-X2 / -A710 / -A510
Technology	10 nm	4 nm
Segment	Desktop	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket	LGA 1700
Predecessor	Intel Core i5-11500
Successor	Intel Core i5-13500

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12500	MediaTek Dimensity 9000
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 12	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	6x Golden Cove 3.00 - 4.60 GHz	1x Cortex-X2 3.05 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		3x Cortex-A710 2.85 GHz
Core Cluster 3:		4x Cortex-A510 1.80 GHz
L2-Cache	7.50 MB
L3-Cache	18.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12500	MediaTek Dimensity 9000
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 770	ARM Mali-G710 MP10
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.45 GHz	0.85 GHz
CUs / Shader	32 / 256	10 /
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	1
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
Technology	10 nm	4 nm
Release date	Q4/2021	Q2/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12500	MediaTek Dimensity 9000
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12500	MediaTek Dimensity 9000
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	LPDDR5X-7500 (60.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	2	4
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12500	MediaTek Dimensity 9000
TDP	65 W
TDP (PL2)	117 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12500	MediaTek Dimensity 9000
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✗
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Android
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	Armv9-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date	Q1/2022	Q1/2022
Release price	202 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i5-12500 is 4.1 stars (59 ratings), while MediaTek Dimensity 9000 has received 4.3 stars (49 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i5-12500
6C / 12T · 3.00 - 4.60 GHz

★★★★★

MediaTek Dimensity 9000
8C / 8T · 3.05 GHz

★★★★★