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Pentium B960 vs Core i5-12500

Pentium B960 vs Core i5-12500: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

Intel Core i5-12500

3.0 GHz | 6-core

Intel Core i5-12500 Logo
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

Buy for 239.5 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 416 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

Intel Core i5-12500

3.0 GHz | 6-core

Intel Core i5-12500 Logo
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

Buy for 239.5 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 416 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12500 outperforms Pentium B960 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12500 is 3747 days newer than Pentium B960.

Advantages of Intel Pentium B960

  • Consumes up to 46% less energy than Intel Core i5-12500 - 35 vs 65 Watts

Advantages of Intel Core i5-12500

  • Performs up to 31% better in Far Cry 5 than Pentium B960 - 235 vs 180 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium B960 - 12 vs 2 threads
This is a free version of Far Cry 5.
Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium B960 Logo
Pentium B960

Mobile • Oct 2nd, 2011


FPS

180

76%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i5-12500 Logo
Core i5-12500

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


FPS

235

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.02/FPS

100%

Price, €

€239.5

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

Buy for 239.5 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 416 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium B960 Logo
Pentium B960

Mobile • Oct 2nd, 2011

Intel Core i5-12500 Logo
Core i5-12500

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium B960 Logo
Pentium B960

Mobile • Oct 2nd, 2011


Single-Core

318

13%

Multi-Core

531

5%

Intel Core i5-12500 Logo
Core i5-12500

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


Single-Core

2311

100%

Multi-Core

9079

100%

Intel Pentium B960 Logo

Intel Pentium B960

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Intel Core i5-12500 Logo

Intel Core i5-12500

Oct 2nd, 2011Release Date
Jan 4th, 2022
PentiumCollectionCore i5
Sandy BridgeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel Socket G2 (988B)SocketIntel Socket 1700
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
6
2Threads
12
2.2 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.0 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed4.6 GHz
35 W
TDP65 W
32 nmProcess Size
10 nm
22.0xMultiplier
30.0x
Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 770
NoOverclockableNo

Builds Using Pentium B960 or Core i5-12500

Far Cry 5, 1920 x 1080, Ultra

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