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Core i5-5250U vs Core i7-12700K

Core i5-5250U vs Core i7-12700K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Prices and Stock

MSRP $315

All items are out of stock

Prices and Stock

MSRP $409

All items are out of stock

Key Differences

In short — Core i7-12700K outperforms Core i5-5250U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-12700K is 2440 days newer than Core i5-5250U.

Advantages of Core i5-5250U

  • Consumes up to 88% less energy than Intel Core i7-12700K - 15 vs 125 Watts

Advantages of Core i7-12700K

  • Performs up to 39% better in Dota 2 than Core i5-5250U - 251 vs 180 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-5250U - 20 vs 4 threads
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Dota 2

Dota 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Best Looking

Intel Core i5-5250U Logo
Core i5-5250U

Mobile • Mar 1st, 2015


FPS

180

72%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

Intel Core i7-12700K Logo
Core i7-12700K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


FPS

251

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

FPS Winner

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Best Looking

Intel Core i5-5250U Logo
Core i5-5250U

Mobile • Mar 1st, 2015

Intel Core i7-12700K Logo
Core i7-12700K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-5250U Logo
Core i5-5250U

Mobile • Mar 1st, 2015


Single-Core

811

32%

Multi-Core

1570

11%

Intel Core i7-12700K Logo
Core i7-12700K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


Single-Core

2531

100%

Multi-Core

13694

100%

Intel Core i5-5250U Logo

Core i5-5250U

vs
Intel Core i7-12700K Logo

Core i7-12700K

Mar 1st, 2015
Nov 4th, 2021
Core i5Core i7
BroadwellAlder Lake
Intel BGA 1168Intel Socket 1700
Mobile
Desktop
2
12
4
20
1.6 GHz
3.6 GHz
2.7 GHz
5.0 GHz
15 W
125 W
14 nm
10 nm
16.0x
36.0x
Intel HD 6000UHD Graphics 770
No
Yes

PCs Using Core i5-5250U or Core i7-12700K

With selected game settings

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