Intel Core i5-12500 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-11-18

The Intel Core i5-12500 is a 6 core processor. It can handle 12 threads simultaneously and was introduced in Q1/2022. The Intel Core i5-12500 is based on the 12. generation of the Intel Core i5 series and requires a mainboard with the socket LGA 1700. The Intel Core i5-12500 scores 1,804 points with one CPU core in the Geekbench 5 benchmark. When using all CPU cores, the result is 8,973 points.

CPU lineage
Here you can see which group the Intel Core i5-12500 belongs to and which processor is the predecessor of the Intel Core i5-12500.
Name:	Intel Core i5-12500
Family:	Intel Core i5 (331)
CPU group:	Intel Core i 12000 (34)
Architecture:	Alder Lake S
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	12
Predecessor:	Intel Core i5-11500
Successor:	Intel Core i5-13500

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The 6 CPU cores of the Intel Core i5-12500 clock with 3.00 GHz (4.60 GHz). The number of CPU cores and the clock frequency of the processor are largely responsible for the overall performance.

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

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	No
Frequency:	3.00 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):	4.60 GHz
Turbo Frequency (6 Cores):	4.00 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

With the Intel UHD Graphics 770, the Intel Core i5-12500 has an build in graphic solution. It has 32 SM processors, which have a total of 256 texture shaders. The iGPU not only enables games, but also significantly accelerates video playback.

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

Processors that have an integrated graphics can play videos faster and more efficiently. This can have a positive effect on the battery life of notebooks, for example.

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 Intel Core i5-12500 supports up to 128 GB memory in up to 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. This results in a maximum memory bandwidth of 76.8 GB/s.

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 With the TDP, the processor manufacturer specifies the cooling solution required for the processor. The Intel Core i5-12500 has a TDP of 65 W.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	65 W
TDP (PL2):	117 W
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i5-12500 has a 25.50 MB large cache. The processor is manufactured in 10 nm. Modern production increases the efficiency of the processor.

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 i5-12500
6C 12T @ 3.00 GHz (4.60 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i5-12500 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.


	AMD Ryzen 5 7500F 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	98
	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12C 24T @ 4.80 GHz	98
	Intel Core i5-1240P 12C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	98
	Intel Core i5-12500 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	96
	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 8300G 4C 8T @ 4.90 GHz	96
	AMD Ryzen 3 8300G 4C 8T @ 4.90 GHz	96
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645 6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz	95

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 Xeon E5-2680 v4 14C 28T @ 3.30 GHz	695
	Intel Core i9-9900KS 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	687
	AMD Ryzen 7 5800H 8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	665
	Intel Core i5-12500 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	659
	Apple M3 (8-GPU) 8C 8T @ 4.06 GHz	659
	Apple M3 8C 8T @ 4.06 GHz	659
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	657

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.


	AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme 8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz	1807
	Intel Core i7-12700H 14C 20T @ 4.70 GHz	1806
	Intel Core i7-12700HL 14C 20T @ 4.70 GHz	1806
	Intel Core i5-12500 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	1804
	AMD Ryzen 5 7645HX 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	1802
	Intel Xeon w9-3495X 56C 112T @ 4.80 GHz	1795
	Intel Core i5-13400F 10C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	1794

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.


	Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) 11C 11T @ 3.80 GHz	13289
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	13145
	Intel Core i7-9800X 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	13067
	Intel Core i5-12500 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	12974
	AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	12955
	Intel Core i7-1370P 14C 20T @ 1.90 GHz	12933
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	12916

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 Xeon E-2378 8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	1821
	Intel Core i5-14500HX 14C 20T @ 4.90 GHz	1818
	Intel Xeon w9-3475X 36C 72T @ 4.80 GHz	1814
	Intel Core i5-12500 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	1804
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8645HS 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	1802
	AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	1802
	AMD Ryzen 5 8645HS 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	1802

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 Xeon E5-2660 v4 14C 28T @ 2.40 GHz	9036
	Intel Xeon E-2288G 8C 16T @ 3.70 GHz	8996
	Intel Core i7-6950X 10C 20T @ 3.50 GHz	8993
	Intel Core i5-12500 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	8973
	Intel Core i7-11800H 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	8949
	Intel Core i7-10700F 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	8945
	Intel Core i7-10700 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	8945

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.


	Apple M1 8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	2369
	Intel Xeon E-2386G 6C 12T @ 5.10 GHz	2369
	Intel Xeon w9-3475X 36C 72T @ 4.80 GHz	2368
	Intel Core i5-12500 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	2365
	Intel Core i5-13600T 14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz	2364
	Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y 24C 48T @ 4.00 GHz	2360
	Intel Core i5-13500HX 14C 20T @ 4.70 GHz	2356

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 i9-7940X 14C 28T @ 3.70 GHz	10425
	Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) 8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	10412
	Intel Core i7-12650H 10C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	10411
	Intel Core i5-12500 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	10401
	AMD Ryzen 7 5800 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	10397
	Intel Core i5-12600 6C 12T @ 4.40 GHz	10379
	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 8645HS 6C 12T @ 4.30 GHz	10357

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.


	AMD Ryzen 5 8600G 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	697
	Intel Core i7-12700H 14C 20T @ 4.70 GHz	694
	Intel Core i7-12700HL 14C 20T @ 4.70 GHz	694
	Intel Core i5-12500 6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz	688
	Intel Core i5-13400F 10C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	687
	Intel Core i5-13400 10C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	687
	Intel Xeon w9-3495X 56C 112T @ 4.80 GHz	686

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.


	Intel Core i9-9900K 8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	4995
	Intel Core i9-9900KF 8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	4995
	Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4 22C 44T @ 2.80 GHz	4981
	Intel Core i5-12500 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	4960
	AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	4960
	Intel Core i7-11800H 8C 16T @ 3.40 GHz	4930
	Intel Xeon E5-2643 v4 6C 12T @ 3.60 GHz	4905

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 i5-12500 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

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.


	Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU) 8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz	181
	Intel Core i7-10700 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	180
	Intel Core i7-10700F 8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz	180
	Intel Core i5-12500 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	178
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5750GE 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	178
	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	173
	Intel Core i9-9900KF 8C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	171

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.


	AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650G 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	20089
	Intel Core i5-1340PE 12C 16T @ 1.80 GHz	20067
	Intel Xeon W-1350P 6C 12T @ 4.70 GHz	20049
	Intel Core i5-12500 6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz	20002
	Intel Core i5-12490F 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	20002
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 6C 12T @ 4.20 GHz	19920
	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4 18C 36T @ 2.80 GHz	19911

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.


	AMD Ryzen 9 4900HS 8C 16T @ 3.00 GHz	4740
	Intel Xeon E5-2696 v2 12C 24T @ 2.50 GHz	4740
	Intel Core i5-12400 6C 12T @ 2.50 GHz	4737
	Intel Core i5-12500 6C 12T @ 3.00 GHz	4732
	Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 12C 24T @ 2.50 GHz	4730
	Intel Core i5-11600K 6C 12T @ 3.90 GHz	4715
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X 8C 16T @ 3.80 GHz	4699

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.


	Intel Core i7-13700K 31,062 CB R23 MC @ 220 W	141
	Intel Core i5-13600K 24,125 CB R23 MC @ 174 W	139
	Intel Core i5-13600KF 24,125 CB R23 MC @ 174 W	139
	Intel Core i5-12500 12,974 CB R23 MC @ 94 W	138
	AMD Ryzen 5 5600G 10,202 CB R23 MC @ 74 W	137
	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 15,228 CB R23 MC @ 119 W	128
	AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX 18,065 CB R23 MC @ 143 W	126

Benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
272 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
271 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
586 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
565 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,754 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,702 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
656 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
604 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,026 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
512 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
212 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,391 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
733 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
249 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
109 entries

Description of the processor

The Intel Core i5-12500 is a desktop processor from Intels 12th generation of the Core i 5 series. It was launched in the first quarter of 2022 and is intended to serve the mass market as a mid-range processor. The processor is manufactured with a structure width of 10 nanometers and is based on the Alder Lake S architecture. It can be used on all mainboards that have the LGA 1700 socket and it supports Intels virtualization technologies VT-x, VT-x EPT and VT-d.

The Intel Core i5-12500 is equipped with 6 cores, all of which support Hyperthreading technology, which means that 12 computing threads are available if required. The cores have a base clock frequency of 3.00 gigahertz and can increase to up to 4.60 gigahertz in turbo mode. However, this clock rate is only possible when a single core is utilized. If all cores are utilized at the same time, this still achieves a clock frequency of 4.00 gigahertz per core.

With the Intel UHD Graphics 770, the Intel Core i5-12500 has an internal graphics unit of the eleventh generation from Intels iGPU program. This graphics unit clocks at 0.30 gigahertz, but can increase its clock rate to up to 1.45 gigahertz in turbo mode. It has 32 execution units with a total of 256 shader units and, like the processor, is manufactured using the 10-nanometer process. The iGPU achieves a solid FP32 computing power of 742 GigaFLOPS.

Of course, the Intel Core i5-12500 can also be operated with a dedicated graphics card. For this purpose, the processor is equipped with 20 PCI Express lines in version 5.0, which can of course also be used to connect other expansion cards.

The processor has 2 memory channels via which up to 128 gigabytes of RAM can be operated. The Intel Core i5-12500 supports the following memory types: DDR4-3200 or DDR5-4800. Memory with automatic error correction (ECC memory) is not supported.

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