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£140
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Prices and StockMSRP $212
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MSRP $212
Prices and Stock
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-12500 outperforms the more expensive Core i7-11700 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-12500 is 294 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-11700.
Advantages of Core i5-12500
- Performs up to 2% better in DOOM Eternal than Core i7-11700 - 528 vs 518 FPS
- Up to 65% cheaper than Core i7-11700 - £140.00 vs £401.35
- Up to 65% better value when playing DOOM Eternal than Core i7-11700 - £0.27 vs £0.77 per FPS
Advantages of Core i7-11700
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-12500 - 16 vs 12 threads
DOOM Eternal
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Nightmare
Core i5-12500
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
528
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.27/FPS
100%
Price, £
£140
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-12500 Desktop Processor 18M Cache, up to 4.60 GHz
Buy for £140 on Amazon
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Updated 3068 minutes ago
Intel® Core™ i7-11700 Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 4.9 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & select 400 Series chipset) 65W
Buy for £401.35 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 3068 minutes ago
My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Nightmare
Core i5-12500
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Core i7-11700
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-12500 | vs | Core i7-11700 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 12 | Threads | 16 |
3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
| 4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
10 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
| UHD Graphics 770 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 750 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
PCs Using Core i5-12500 or Core i7-11700
With selected game settings
191 FPS
£7.04/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i7-11700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
Buy on Amazon
£1,344.95
In Stock
Laptops Using Core i5-12500 or Core i7-11700
With selected game settings
196 FPS
£5.19/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
Buy on Amazon
£1,017.44
In Stock
221 FPS
£4.49/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£993.26
In Stock
154 FPS
£8.69/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,339
In Stock
154 FPS
£7.27/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
Buy on Amazon
£1,119.35
In Stock
221 FPS
£5.17/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
Buy on Amazon
£1,143.07
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£140
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£140
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£140
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£169.39
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