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Intel logo Core i5-12500
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General information Core i5-12500 Core i7-4960X
Launched Q1 2022 Q1 2013
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1700 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Alder Lake Ivy Bridge-E
Clock 3 GHz 16.7 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.6 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 13 %
Cores 6 0 % 6 0 %
Threads 12 0 % 12 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 50 % 130 W 0 %
Lithography 10 nm 54.5 % 22 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 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i5-12500 Core i7-4960X
Overall Score 59894 0 % 50541 15.6 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 34 % 60.5 %
Benchmark Score 12869 0 % 6525 49.3 %
Single Thread Score 3707.1 0 % 2082 43.8 %
Encrypting Data 12063 MB/s 0 % 2992 MB/s 75.2 %
Compressing Data 232.3 MB/s 0 % 164.5 MB/s 29.2 %
String objects sorting 23380.6 thousand/s 0 % 22852.9 thousand/s 2.3 %
Prime numbers generation 75.6 millions/s 0 % 48.1 millions/s 36.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 61463.1 millions/s 0 % 36731.8 millions/s 40.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 48301.3 millions/s 0 % 18662.8 millions/s 61.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-12500, Core i7-4960X.

Average frames per second Core i5-12500 Core i7-4960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.6 FPS 104.8 FPS
High settings 212.2 FPS 167.7 FPS
Medium settings 265.2 FPS 209.6 FPS
Low settings 331.5 FPS 262.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 21 %

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 i7-4960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 156.0 FPS 139.6 FPS
High settings 249.7 FPS 223.4 FPS
Medium settings 312.1 FPS 279.2 FPS
Low settings 390.1 FPS 349.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.5 %
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