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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $212
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MSRP in USD: $212
Key Differences
In short — Core i5-12500 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 9 5900 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12500 is 357 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 9 5900.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-12500 - 24 vs 12 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-12500
- Performs up to 2% better in League of Legends than Ryzen 9 5900 - 288 vs 281 FPS
- Up to 25% cheaper than Ryzen 9 5900 - €284.65 vs €379.0
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 9 5900 doesn't have integrated graphics
League of Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
AMD Ryzen 9 5900 XT Prozessor, 16 Kerne/32 Threads, Zen 3 Architektur, 72MB L3 Cache, 105W TDP, Bis zu 4,8 GHz Boostfrequenz, Sockel AM4, DDR4 & PCIe 4.0, Kein Lüfter
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Intel Core i5 (12. Generation) i5-12500 3 GHz Prozessor, Einzelhandelsverpackung
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Ryzen 9 5900
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2021
Core i5-12500
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 9 5900 | vs | Intel Core i5-12500 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 12th, 2021 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Ryzen 9 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Vermeer | Codename | Alder Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 | Cores | 6 |
24 | Threads | 12 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
4.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Ryzen 9 5900 or Core i5-12500
League of Legends, 1920 x 1080, Very High
269 FPS
€4.57/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,228.9
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268 FPS
€5.38/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,440.5
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263 FPS
€3.04/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i5-12500
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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€799
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263 FPS
€3.04/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i5-12500
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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€799
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263 FPS
€4.73/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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€1,244.56
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265 FPS
€2.74/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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€725.67
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265 FPS
€5.23/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,386.46
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269 FPS
€3.88/FPS
Radeon RX 6700 XT
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,044.9
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265 FPS
€3.47/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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