CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i5-12490F

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 12 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3 Base / 4.6 GHz Turbo

CACHE 20 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE —

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Intel

INTEL

Core i5-8500

CORE STATE Coffee Lake

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 6 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3 Base / 4.1 GHz Turbo

CACHE 9 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Coffee Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2018

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

5,923

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

1,727

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

3,133

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

4,811

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

5,936

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

946

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

1,730

816

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

244

115

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

7,211

3,402

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,018

480

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

17,171

8,100

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

2,424

1,143

passmark_data_compression

237,304

134,673

passmark_data_encryption

12,018

3,027

passmark_extended_instructions

15,993

11,480

passmark_find_prime_numbers

87

36

passmark_floating_point_math

47,326

22,489

passmark_integer_math

60,548

26,551

passmark_multithread

20,202

9,532

passmark_physics

1,345

628

passmark_random_string_sorting

23,791

16,294

passmark_single_thread

3,682

2,441

passmark_singlethread

3,682

2,441

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i5-12490F

i5-8500

Core Specs

Cores

6

6 0.0%

Threads

12

6 -50.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3

3 0.0%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.6

4.1 -10.9%

Frequency (GHz)

3

3 0.0%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.6

4.1 -10.9%

Multiplier

30

30 0.0%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

64 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1.25 MB (per core)

256 KB (per core)

L3 Cache

20 MB (shared)

9 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

65 0.0%

Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Coffee Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Coffee Lake

Generation

Core i5 (Alder Lake-S)

Core i5 (Coffee Lake)

Process Size

10 nm

14 nm

Die Size

163 mm²

154 mm²

Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

DDR4

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

—

42.7 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

No

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

—

DDR5 Speed

4800 MT/s

—

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Intel Socket 1151

Chipsets

Z690, H670, B660, H610

—

PCIe

Gen 5, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

—

UHD Graphics 630

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

End-of-life

Launch Price

—

$192

Part Number

SRL4X

SR3XE

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-LGA1151

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

Bundled Cooler

—

E97379-001

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