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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-12500 outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 7 1700X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-12500 is 1769 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 7 1700X.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-12500
- Performs up to 30% better in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege than Ryzen 7 1700X - 675 vs 519 FPS
- Up to 34% cheaper than Ryzen 7 1700X - £180.59 vs £275.0
- Up to 49% better value when playing Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege than Ryzen 7 1700X - £0.27 vs £0.53 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 1700X - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 7 1700X doesn't have integrated graphics
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-12500 - 16 vs 12 threads
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-12500
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
675
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.27/FPS
100%
Price, £
£180.59
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-12500 Desktop Processor 18M Cache, up to 4.60 GHz
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-12500
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Ryzen 7 1700X
Desktop • Mar 2nd, 2017
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-12500 | vs | AMD Ryzen 7 1700X |
|---|---|---|
Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Mar 2nd, 2017 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 7 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Summit Ridge |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 12 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.4 GHz |
4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 95 W |
10 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 34.0x |
UHD Graphics 770 | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-12500 or Ryzen 7 1700X
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
365 FPS
£2.39/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£873.59
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365 FPS
£2.74/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£999.97
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329 FPS
£2.33/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£767.39
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
£2.6/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£950
In Stock
266 FPS
£4.24/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,127.09
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