CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i5-12500

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 12 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3 Base / 4.6 GHz Turbo

CACHE 18 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

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Intel

INTEL

Core Ultra 5 125U

CORE STATE Meteor Lake

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 14 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 1300 Base / 4.3 GHz Turbo

CACHE 12 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 15W

ARCHITECTURE Meteor Lake

nm

PROCESS 7 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2023

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

6,007

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

1,741

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

3,125

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

4,862

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

6,023

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

951

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

1,704

1,491

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

240

210

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

7,101

6,215

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,002

877

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

16,909

14,799

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

2,387

2,089

passmark_data_compression

238,753

198,858

passmark_data_encryption

12,033

12,231

passmark_extended_instructions

16,090

11,340

passmark_find_prime_numbers

75

64

passmark_floating_point_math

48,004

41,331

passmark_integer_math

61,626

57,046

passmark_multithread

19,893

17,417

passmark_physics

1,242

1,082

passmark_random_string_sorting

23,523

21,872

passmark_single_thread

3,666

3,296

passmark_singlethread

3,666

3,296

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i5-12500

Ultra 5 125U

Core Specs

Cores

6

12 +100.0%

Threads

12

14 +16.7%

Base Clock (GHz)

3

1,300 +43233.3%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.6

4.3 -6.5%

Frequency (GHz)

3

1,300 +43233.3%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.6

4.3 -6.5%

Multiplier

30

13 -56.7%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

112 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1.25 MB (per core)

2 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

18 MB (shared)

12 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

15 -76.9%

PL1

65W

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PL2

117W

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Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Meteor Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Meteor Lake

Generation

Core i5 (Alder Lake-S)

Ultra 5 (Meteor Lake)

Process Size

10 nm

7 nm

Die Size

163 mm²

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Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

DDR5 Depends on motherboard

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

—

89.6 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

No

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

—

DDR5 Speed

4800 MT/s

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Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Intel BGA 2049

Chipsets

Intel 600 Series, Intel 700 Series

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PCIe

Gen 5, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 4, 12 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

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P-Cores: 2 E-Cores: 10

E-Core Frequency

—

800 MHz up to 3.6 GHz

LP E-Cores

—

2

AI/NPU

NPU

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Yes / 11 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Arc Xe-LPG 64EU

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$212

$363

Part Number

SRL5V

SRN6E

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-BGA

Tj Max

100°C

110°C

Bundled Cooler

Laminar RM1

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