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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $212
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MSRP in USD: $212
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-12500 outperforms the more expensive Core i7-8700K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-12500 is 1552 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-8700K.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-12500
- Performs up to 8% better in Borderlands 3 than Core i7-8700K - 241 vs 223 FPS
- Up to 27% cheaper than Core i7-8700K - €235.48 vs €321.4
- Up to 32% better value when playing Borderlands 3 than Core i7-8700K - €0.98 vs €1.44 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than Intel Core i7-8700K - 65 vs 95 Watts
Borderlands 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
Intel Core i7-8700K Prozessor (12 MB Cache, bis zu, 6 core, 3.70 GHz)
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Core i5-12500
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
241
100%
Value, €/FPS
€0.98/FPS
100%
Price, €
€235.48
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i5-12500 12. Generation Desktop Prozessor & Corsair CMK16GX4M2Z3600C18 Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 3600MHz C18 XMP 2.0 High Performance Desktop Arbeitsspeicher Kit Schwarz
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Badass
Core i7-8700K
Desktop • Oct 5th, 2017
Core i5-12500
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-8700K | vs | Intel Core i5-12500 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 5th, 2017 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 6 |
| 12 | Threads | 12 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
4.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| UHD Graphics 630 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i7-8700K or Core i5-12500
Borderlands 3, 1920 x 1080, Badass
93 FPS
€9.46/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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98 FPS
€13.91/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,363.49
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108 FPS
€12.08/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,304.86
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57 FPS
€16.93/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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€965.19
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93 FPS
€10.18/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
8 GB, N/A Storage
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€946.51
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57 FPS
€14.02/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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€799
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57 FPS
€15.77/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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€899
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79 FPS
€15.61/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,233.29
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57 FPS
€14.02/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i5-12500
8 GB, 500 GB SSD
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€799
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79 FPS
€13.19/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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