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£116.66
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Prices and StockMSRP $212
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MSRP $212
Key Differences
In short — Core i5-12500 outperforms the cheaper Core i7-6700 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i7-6700 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i5-12500 is 2379 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-6700.
Advantages of Core i7-6700
- Up to 43% cheaper than Core i5-12500 - £116.66 vs £204.54
- Up to 30% better value when playing Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege than Core i5-12500 - £0.21 vs £0.30 per FPS
Advantages of Core i5-12500
- Performs up to 24% better in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege than Core i7-6700 - 675 vs 544 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-6700 - 12 vs 8 threads
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-6700
Desktop • Jul 1st, 2015
FPS
544
81%
Value, £/FPS
£0.21/FPS
100%
Price, £
£116.66
100%
Value Winner
Intel Core i7 Quad-Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Processor CPU
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Updated 438 minutes ago
Intel® Core™ i5-12500 Desktop Processor 18M Cache, up to 4.60 GHz
Buy for £204.54 on Amazon
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-6700
Desktop • Jul 1st, 2015
Core i5-12500
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-6700 | vs | Core i5-12500 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 1st, 2015 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Skylake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 6 |
| 8 | Threads | 12 |
3.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
| 4.0 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
34.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| HD Graphics 530 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Laptops Using Core i7-6700 or Core i5-12500
With selected game settings
266 FPS
£3.76/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i5-12500
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£999.99
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329 FPS
£2.58/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£848.73
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365 FPS
£2.62/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£954.5
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266 FPS
£5.03/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,339
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266 FPS
£4.18/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,118.77
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365 FPS
£3.13/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£1,143.07
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