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Core i5-8500 vs Core i9-12900KS

Core i5-8500 vs Core i9-12900KS: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-12900KS outperforms Core i5-8500 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-12900KS is 1511 days newer than Core i5-8500.

Advantages of Intel Core i5-8500

  • Consumes up to 57% less energy than Intel Core i9-12900KS - 65 vs 150 Watts

Advantages of Intel Core i9-12900KS

  • Performs up to 43% better in Far Cry 3 than Core i5-8500 - 203 vs 142 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-8500 - 24 vs 6 threads
This is a free version of Far Cry 3.
Far Cry 3

Far Cry 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-8500 Logo
Core i5-8500

Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018


FPS

142

69.95073891625616%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i9-12900KS Logo
Core i9-12900KS

Desktop • Apr 5th, 2022


FPS

203

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€311.6

100%

FPS Winner

Intel Core i9-12900KS processor 30 MB Smart Cache Box Silber

Buy for 311.6 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 74265 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i5-8500 Logo
Core i5-8500

Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018

Intel Core i9-12900KS Logo
Core i9-12900KS

Desktop • Apr 5th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i5-8500 Logo
Core i5-8500

Desktop • Feb 14th, 2018


Single-Core

1387

51.52303120356612%

Multi-Core

4844

29.858842384269245%

Intel Core i9-12900KS Logo
Core i9-12900KS

Desktop • Apr 5th, 2022


Single-Core

2692

100%

Multi-Core

16223

100%

Intel Core i5-8500 Logo

Intel Core i5-8500

vs
Intel Core i9-12900KS Logo

Intel Core i9-12900KS

Feb 14th, 2018Release Date
Apr 5th, 2022
Core i5CollectionCore i9
Coffee LakeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel Socket 1151SocketIntel Socket 1700
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6Cores
16
6Threads
24
3.0 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.4 GHz
4.1 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
5.2 GHz
65 W
TDP150 W
14 nmProcess Size
10 nm
30.0xMultiplier
34.0x
UHD Graphics 630Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 770
NoOverclockable
Yes

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