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Intel logo Core i5-12500
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Intel logo Core i9-10900

Intel Core i5-12500 logo Intel Core i9-10900 logo
General information Core i5-12500 Core i9-10900
Launched Q1 2022 Q2 2020
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1700 FCLGA1200
Series Name Intel Core i5 Intel Core i9
Core Family Name Alder Lake Comet Lake
Clock 3 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 6.7 %
Turbo Clock 4.6 GHz 11.5 % 5.2 GHz 0 %
Cores 6 40 % 10 0 %
Threads 12 40 % 20 0 %
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
10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 6 × 1.25 MB
10 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 18 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 630
Performance Core i5-12500 Core i9-10900
Overall Score 59769 0 % 59722 0.1 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 76 % 11.6 %
Benchmark Score 12761 0 % 12722 0.3 %
Single Thread Score 3708.8 0 % 3000.7 19.1 %
Encrypting Data 12177.6 MB/s 0 % 6991.9 MB/s 42.6 %
Compressing Data 234 MB/s 23 % 304 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 23468.2 thousand/s 39.3 % 38680.6 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 75.8 millions/s 0 % 57.3 millions/s 24.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 61719.2 millions/s 21.8 % 78949.9 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 48456.6 millions/s 0 % 47967.9 millions/s 1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i5-12500, Core i9-10900.

Average frames per second Core i5-12500 Core i9-10900
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 132.4 FPS 132.2 FPS
High settings 211.8 FPS 211.6 FPS
Medium settings 264.8 FPS 264.5 FPS
Low settings 331.0 FPS 330.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.1 %

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 i9-10900
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 156.7 FPS 156.6 FPS
High settings 250.7 FPS 250.5 FPS
Medium settings 313.3 FPS 313.1 FPS
Low settings 391.7 FPS 391.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.1 %
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