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Key Differences
In short — Core i5-12500 outperforms the cheaper Athlon 3000G on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Athlon 3000G is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-12500 is 776 days newer than the cheaper Athlon 3000G.
Advantages of AMD Athlon 3000G
- Up to 47% cheaper than Core i5-12500 - £100.0 vs £188.88
- Up to 29% better value when playing Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege than Core i5-12500 - £0.2 vs £0.28 per FPS
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than Intel Core i5-12500 - 35 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i5-12500
- Performs up to 34% better in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege than Athlon 3000G - 675 vs 503 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Athlon 3000G - 12 vs 4 threads
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
AMD Athlon 3000G Processor with Radeon Vega 3 Graphics (2C/4T, 3.5 GHz Base Clock)
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Intel Core i5 (12th Gen) i5-12500 3 GHz Processor - Retail Pack
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Athlon 3000G
Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
Core i5-12500
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Athlon 3000G | vs | Intel Core i5-12500 |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 20th, 2019 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Athlon | Collection | Core i5 |
| Picasso | Codename | Alder Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 | Cores | 6 |
| 4 | Threads | 12 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
35 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
35.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| Radeon Vega 3 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Athlon 3000G or Core i5-12500
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
365 FPS
£2.36/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£859.99
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329 FPS
£3.5/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,149.99
In Stock
365 FPS
£2.42/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£883.06
In Stock
266 FPS
£5.03/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,339
In Stock
365 FPS
£2.74/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£999.97
In Stock
365 FPS
£2.44/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£890.7
In Stock
266 FPS
£4.54/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,206.93
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