CPU Comparison

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Intel

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

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Intel

INTEL

Core i7-12700K

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 20 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.6 Base / 5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 25 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 125W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2021

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

816

2,947

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

115

415

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

3,402

12,281

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

480

1,733

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

8,100

29,241

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

1,143

4,128

passmark_data_compression

134,673

446,595

passmark_data_encryption

3,027

23,408

passmark_extended_instructions

11,480

28,885

passmark_find_prime_numbers

36

114

passmark_floating_point_math

22,489

88,035

passmark_integer_math

26,551

114,264

passmark_multithread

9,532

34,404

passmark_physics

628

1,790

passmark_random_string_sorting

16,294

45,805

passmark_single_thread

2,441

4,013

passmark_singlethread

2,441

4,013

3dmark_16_threads

N/A

9,276

3dmark_2_threads

N/A

2,065

3dmark_4_threads

N/A

4,011

3dmark_8_threads

N/A

7,202

3dmark_max_threads

N/A

9,979

3dmark_single_thread

N/A

1,043

geekbench_multicore

N/A

13,892

geekbench_singlecore

N/A

2,561

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i5-8500

i7-12700K

Core Specs

Cores

6

12 +100.0%

Threads

6

20 +233.3%

Base Clock (GHz)

3

3.6 +20.0%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.1

5 +22.0%

Frequency (GHz)

3

3.6 +20.0%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.1

5 +22.0%

Multiplier

30

36 +20.0%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

64 KB (per core)

80 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

256 KB (per core)

1.25 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

9 MB (shared)

25 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

125 +92.3%

PL1

—

190W

PL2

—

190W

Architecture

Architecture

Coffee Lake

Alder Lake

Codename

Coffee Lake

Alder Lake-S

Generation

Core i5 (Coffee Lake)

Core i7 (Alder Lake-S)

Process Size

14 nm

10 nm

Die Size

154 mm²

215 mm²

Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR4, DDR5

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 1151

Intel Socket 1700

Chipsets

—

Z690, H670, B660, H610

PCIe

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 4, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 4

E-Core Frequency

—

2.7 GHz up to 3.8 GHz

P-Core Turbo

—

4.9 GHz

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

UHD Graphics 770

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

End-of-life

Active

Launch Price

$192

$409

Part Number

SR3XE

SRL4N

Package

FC-LGA1151

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

Bundled Cooler

E97379-001

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