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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 Intel Core i5-12500
- Performs up to 30% better in Dota 2 than Athlon 3000G - 242 vs 186 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Athlon 3000G - 12 vs 4 threads
Advantages of AMD Athlon 3000G
- Up to 67% cheaper than Core i5-12500 - £60.0 vs £179.62
- Up to 57% better value when playing Dota 2 than Core i5-12500 - £0.32 vs £0.74 per FPS
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than Intel Core i5-12500 - 35 vs 65 Watts
Dota 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Best Looking
Intel® Core™ i5-12500 Desktop Processor 18M Cache, up to 4.60 GHz
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AMD Athlon 3000G Processor with Radeon Vega 3 Graphics (2C/4T, 3.5 GHz Base Clock)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Best Looking
Core i5-12500
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Athlon 3000G
Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-12500 | vs | AMD Athlon 3000G |
|---|---|---|
Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Nov 20th, 2019 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Athlon |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Picasso |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
12 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
| 4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 35 W |
10 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
| UHD Graphics 770 | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Vega 3 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-12500 or Athlon 3000G
Dota 2, 1920 x 1080, Best Looking
182 FPS
£5.45/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£992.13
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182 FPS
£5.49/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£999.97
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170 FPS
£4.65/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£790.09
In Stock
147 FPS
£4.05/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£594.87
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182 FPS
£5.22/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£950
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147 FPS
£7.57/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,112.34
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