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Ryzen 5 2500U vs Core i7-12700K

Ryzen 5 2500U vs Core i7-12700K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

Core i7-12700K

3.6 GHz | 12-core

Intel Core i7-12700K Logo
Intel® Core™ i7-12700K Desktop Processor 12 (8P+4E) Cores up to 5.0 GHz Unlocked LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W

Buy for £211.23 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 266 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

Core i7-12700K

3.6 GHz | 12-core

Intel Core i7-12700K Logo
Intel® Core™ i7-12700K Desktop Processor 12 (8P+4E) Cores up to 5.0 GHz Unlocked LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W

Buy for £211.23 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 266 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i7-12700K outperforms Ryzen 5 2500U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-12700K is 1470 days newer than Ryzen 5 2500U.

Advantages of Ryzen 5 2500U

  • Consumes up to 88% less energy than Intel Core i7-12700K - 15 vs 125 Watts

Advantages of Core i7-12700K

  • Performs up to 52% better in Far Cry 3 than Ryzen 5 2500U - 193 vs 127 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 2500U - 20 vs 8 threads
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Far Cry 3

Far Cry 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U Logo
Ryzen 5 2500U

Mobile • Oct 26th, 2017


FPS

127

66%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

Intel Core i7-12700K Logo
Core i7-12700K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


FPS

193

100%

Value, £/FPS

£1.09/FPS

100%

Price, £

£211.23

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel® Core™ i7-12700K Desktop Processor 12 (8P+4E) Cores up to 5.0 GHz Unlocked LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W

Buy for £211.23 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 266 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U Logo
Ryzen 5 2500U

Mobile • Oct 26th, 2017

Intel Core i7-12700K Logo
Core i7-12700K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U Logo
Ryzen 5 2500U

Mobile • Oct 26th, 2017


Single-Core

814

32%

Multi-Core

2330

17%

Intel Core i7-12700K Logo
Core i7-12700K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


Single-Core

2531

100%

Multi-Core

13694

100%

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U Logo

Ryzen 5 2500U

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Intel Core i7-12700K Logo

Core i7-12700K

Oct 26th, 2017Release Date
Nov 4th, 2021
Ryzen 5CollectionCore i7
Raven RidgeCodenameAlder Lake
AMD Socket FP5SocketIntel Socket 1700
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
4Cores
12
8Threads
20
2.0 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.6 GHz
3.6 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
5.0 GHz
15 W
TDP125 W
14 nmProcess Size
10 nm
20.0xMultiplier
36.0x
Radeon Vega 8Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 770
NoOverclockable
Yes

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