CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i5-12600KF

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 10 Cores / 16 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.7 Base / 4.9 GHz Turbo

CACHE 20 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 125W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2021

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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

7,956

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

1,995

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

3,806

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

6,128

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

7,952

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,016

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

2,363

816

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

333

115

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

9,846

3,402

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,389

480

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

23,444

8,100

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

3,309

1,143

geekbench_multicore

12,373

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

2,529

N/A

passmark_data_compression

343,231

134,673

passmark_data_encryption

18,445

3,027

passmark_extended_instructions

22,003

11,480

passmark_find_prime_numbers

91

36

passmark_floating_point_math

67,074

22,489

passmark_integer_math

87,830

26,551

passmark_multithread

27,575

9,532

passmark_physics

1,539

628

passmark_random_string_sorting

35,602

16,294

passmark_single_thread

3,925

2,441

passmark_singlethread

3,925

2,441

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i5-12600KF

i5-8500

Core Specs

Cores

10

6 -40.0%

Threads

16

6 -62.5%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.7

3 -18.9%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.9

4.1 -16.3%

Frequency (GHz)

3.7

3 -18.9%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.9

4.1 -16.3%

Multiplier

37

30 -18.9%

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)

125

65 -48.0%

PL1

150W

—

PL2

150W

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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

215 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

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PCIe

Gen 4, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

P-Cores: 6 E-Cores: 4

—

E-Core Frequency

2.8 GHz up to 3.6 GHz

—

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

—

UHD Graphics 630

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

End-of-life

Launch Price

$264

$192

Part Number

SRL4U

SR3XE

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-LGA1151

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

Bundled Cooler

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E97379-001

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