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Intel logo Core i5-12500
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Intel logo Core i5-8400

Intel Core i5-12500 logo Intel Core i5-8400 logo
General information Core i5-12500 Core i5-8400
Launched Q1 2022 Q4 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1700 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Alder Lake Coffee Lake
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 6.7 %
Turbo Clock 4.6 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 13 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 6 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 10 nm 28.6 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 48 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 1.25 MB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 18 MB
1 × 9 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 630
Performance Core i5-12500 Core i5-8400
Overall Score 59894 0 % 49426 17.5 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 62 % 27.9 %
Benchmark Score 12868 0 % 5968 53.6 %
Single Thread Score 3703.4 0 % 2394.9 35.3 %
Encrypting Data 11990.6 MB/s 0 % 2765.7 MB/s 76.9 %
Compressing Data 232.3 MB/s 0 % 127 MB/s 45.3 %
String objects sorting 23543.4 thousand/s 0 % 16127.7 thousand/s 31.5 %
Prime numbers generation 75.4 millions/s 0 % 36.9 millions/s 51.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 61646.5 millions/s 0 % 25532.9 millions/s 58.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 48109.1 millions/s 0 % 22161.2 millions/s 53.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-12500, Core i5-8400.

Average frames per second Core i5-12500 Core i5-8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.6 FPS 101.5 FPS
High settings 212.2 FPS 162.5 FPS
Medium settings 265.2 FPS 203.1 FPS
Low settings 331.5 FPS 253.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.4 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i5-12500 Core i5-8400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 156.0 FPS 137.6 FPS
High settings 249.7 FPS 220.2 FPS
Medium settings 312.1 FPS 275.2 FPS
Low settings 390.1 FPS 344.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.8 %
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