i5-12500 vs Pentium 4 505

Primary details

Comparing Pentium 4 505 and Core i5-12500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the rankingnot rated607
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorDesktop processor
Power efficiencyno data18.24
Architecture codenamePrescott (2001−2005)Alder Lake-S (2022)
Release dateDecember 2004 (19 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Pentium 4 505 and Core i5-12500 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores1 (Single-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads112
Base clock speed2.66 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.66 GHz4.6 GHz
L1 cache16 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache1 MB1.25 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB18 MB (shared)
Chip lithography90 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size109 mm2163 mm2
Maximum core temperature68 °C100 °C
Number of transistors125 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
VID voltage range1.25V-1.388Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Pentium 4 505 and Core i5-12500 compatibility with other computer components: 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 configuration11
SocketPLGA775FCLGA1700
Power consumption (TDP)84 Watt65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Pentium 4 505 and Core i5-12500. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoring-+
SIPP-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Pentium 4 505 and Core i5-12500 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDB++
Secure Keyno data+
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Pentium 4 505 and Core i5-12500 are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x-+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Pentium 4 505 and Core i5-12500. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Maximum memory sizeno data128 GB
Max memory channelsno data2
Maximum memory bandwidthno data76.8 GB/s
ECC memory support-+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataIntel UHD Graphics 770
Quick Sync Video-+
Clear Video HDno data+
Graphics max frequencyno data1.45 GHz
Execution Unitsno data32

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Pentium 4 505 and Core i5-12500 integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supportedno data4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Pentium 4 505 and Core i5-12500 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4no data4096 x 2160 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDPno data5120 x 3200 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPortno data7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Pentium 4 505 and Core i5-12500 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectXno data12
OpenGLno data4.5

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Pentium 4 505 and Core i5-12500.

PCIe versionno data5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express lanesno data20

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 1 6
Threads 1 12
Power consumption (TDP) 84 Watt 65 Watt

i5-12500 has 500% more physical cores and 1100% more threads, and 29.2% lower power consumption.

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