Core i5-12500E: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregate performance score

Core i5-12500E provides good benchmark performance at 13.53% of a leader's which is a 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

Summary

Intel started Core i5-12500E sales on January 2022. This is an Alder Lake-S architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 6 cores and 12 threads, and is based on 10 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4500 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is Intel Socket 1700 processor with a TDP of 65 Watt. It supports DDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel memory.

Primary details

Core i5-12500E processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in the ranking569
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processor
Power efficiency18.98of 100.00 (Core Ultra 7 164U)
Architecture codenameAlder Lake-S (2022)
Release dateJanuary 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads12
Base clock speed2.9 GHzof 4.7 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed4.5 GHzof 50 MHz (i486DX-50)
L1 cache80K (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache1.25 MB (per core)of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache18 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithography10 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Die size163 mm2
64 bit support+
Windows 11 compatibility+

Compatibility

Information on Core i5-12500E compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
Socket1700
Power consumption (TDP)65 Wattof 3100 ‑ 4500 (Ryzen 7 7435H)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Core i5-12500E. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI+
AVX+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
TSX+

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core i5-12500E's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4, DDR5 Dual-channel

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core i5-12500E.

Integrated graphics cardIntel UHD Graphics 770

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version5.0
PCI Express lanes20of 128 (EPYC 7551P)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core i5-12500E. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

i5-12500E 13.53

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

i5-12500E 20699

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

i5-12500E 2001

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

i5-12500E 8769

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Core i5-12500E's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop CPUs.


Core i5-12500E 100

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core i5-12500E is Ryzen 5 PRO 5650G, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 1 position in our ranking.

Here are some closest AMD rivals to Core i5-12500E:

Ryzen 5 5600X 105.69
Ryzen 5 5600 104.21
Core i5-12500E 100

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