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Intel Core i7-12700K vs Intel Core i5-6500

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 i7-12700K

Rank 2 - 48 %

Intel Core i5-6500

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700K

Rank 2 - 18 %

Intel Core i5-6500

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

114 pts

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

56 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

1,175 pts

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

222 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

1,939 pts

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

923 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

22,812 pts

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

3,097 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

2,528

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

1,186

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

14,129

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

3,305

Cinebench R20 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

757 cb

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

354 cb

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

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

1,872

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

902

Cinebench R20 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

8,750 cb

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

1,299 cb

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

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

14,992

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

2,956

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel UHD Graphics 770

768

Intel HD Graphics 530

403

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

319

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

790

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

383

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 3.60 GHz

7,761

4C / 4T · 3.20 GHz

1,453

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 5.00 GHz

286 cb

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

153 cb

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.70 GHz

3,327 cb

4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz

565 cb

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

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

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries

Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries

Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries

Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	Intel Core i5-6500
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	Intel Core i 6000 (24)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	Skylake S
Technology	10 nm	14 nm
Segment	Desktop	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1700	LGA 1151
Predecessor	Intel Core i7-11700K
Successor	Intel Core i7-13700K	Intel Core i5-7500

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	Intel Core i5-6500
CPU Cores / Threads	12 / 20	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	normal
Core Cluster 1:	8x Golden Cove 3.60 - 5.00 GHz	4x 3.20 - 3.60 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Gracemont 2.70 - 3.80 GHz
L2-Cache	12.00 MB
L3-Cache	25.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	Intel Core i5-6500
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 770	Intel HD Graphics 530
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.50 GHz	0.35 - 1.05 GHz
CUs / Shader	32 / 256	24 / 192
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	32 GB
Technology	10 nm	14 nm
Release date	Q4/2021	Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	Intel Core i5-6500
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	Intel Core i5-6500
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	64 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	5.0 x 20	3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s	15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	Intel Core i5-6500
TDP	125 W	65 W
TDP (PL2)	190 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700K	Intel Core i5-6500
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 10, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q4/2021	Q3/2015
Release price	409 $	250 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

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Intel Core i7-12700K
12C / 20T · 3.60 - 5.00 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i5-6500
4C / 4T · 3.20 - 3.60 GHz

★★★★★