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Key specs
Cores
6
Threads
12
Boost Clock
4.6 GHz
TDP
65 W
Socket
LGA-1700
Process
10 nm
Benchmarks
Rating
53
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
106
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
670
TDP
65 W Boost: 117 W
Cache L3
18MB
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
106
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
670
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2469
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
10,163
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3649
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
19,715
Blender CPU
172.6
iGPU FLOPS
0.7 TFLOPS
GeekBench v6
File compression
795 MB/sec
Clang compilation
71.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser
237.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer
263.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing
242.7 pages/sec
Background blur
52.4 images/sec
Photo processing
91.2 images/sec
Ray tracing
16.5 Mpixels/sec
PassMark
Integer math
61.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math
48 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers
72M Primes/sec
Random string sorting
23.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption
12 GBytes/sec
Data compression
237.3 MBytes/sec
Physics
1197 Frames/sec
Extended instructions
16B Matrices/sec
Performance Per Watt
Cinebench 2024 / Watt
10.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt
156.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt
303.3 PPW
Blender / Watt
2.66 PPW
General
Vendor
Intel
Released
January 4, 2022
Type
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
Codename
Alder Lake
Model number
i5-12500
Integrated GPU
UHD Graphics 770
AMD Equivalent
- AMD Ryzen 5 5500
Successor
- Intel Core i5 14500
CPU
P-Cores
6
P-Threads
12
Base Frequency (P)
3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P)
4.6 GHz
Total Cores
6
Total Threads
12
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
L1 Cache
80K (per core)
L2 Cache
1280K (per core)
L3 Cache
18MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Package
Fabrication Process
10 nm
TDP (PL1)
65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2)
117 W
Socket
LGA-1700
Peak Temperature
100°C
iGPU
Integrated Graphics
Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU Base Clock
300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock
1450 MHz
Shading Units
256
TMUs
16
ROPs
8
Execution Units
32
TGP
15 W
Memory Support
Memory Types
- DDR5-4800 / - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size
128 GB
Memory Channels
2
Max. Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
ECC Support
Yes
Misc
Official Site
Intel Core i5 12500 official page
PCI Express Version
5.0
PCI Express Lanes
20
Technologies
- Compute: ABM, ADX, BMI1, BMI2, CLMUL, F16C, SHA - Performance: EIST, TBT 2.0, TSX - Virtualization: VT-d, VT-x - Security: RDRAND, TXT, XD bit