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Core i3-7300 vs Core i5-12500

Core i3-7300 vs Core i5-12500: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i5-12500 outperforms Core i3-7300 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i5-12500 is 1827 days newer than Core i3-7300.

Advantages of Intel Core i3-7300

  • Consumes up to 22% less energy than Intel Core i5-12500 - 51 vs 65 Watts

Advantages of Intel Core i5-12500

  • Performs up to 14% better in Resident Evil 4 than Core i3-7300 - 198 vs 173 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i3-7300 - 12 vs 4 threads
This is a free version of Resident Evil 4.
Resident Evil 4

Resident Evil 4

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

Intel Core i3-7300 Logo
Core i3-7300

Desktop • Jan 3rd, 2017


FPS

173

87.37373737373737%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i5-12500 Logo
Core i5-12500

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


FPS

198

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€201.92

100%

FPS Winner

Intel® Core™ i5-12500, processore desktop, per sistemi desktop cache 18M, fino a 4,60 GHz

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In Stock

Updated 77794 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Max

Intel Core i3-7300 Logo
Core i3-7300

Desktop • Jan 3rd, 2017

Intel Core i5-12500 Logo
Core i5-12500

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i3-7300 Logo
Core i3-7300

Desktop • Jan 3rd, 2017


Single-Core

1260

54.52185201211597%

Multi-Core

2502

27.55810111245732%

Intel Core i5-12500 Logo
Core i5-12500

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


Single-Core

2311

100%

Multi-Core

9079

100%

Intel Core i3-7300 Logo

Intel Core i3-7300

vs
Intel Core i5-12500 Logo

Intel Core i5-12500

Jan 3rd, 2017Release Date
Jan 4th, 2022
Core i3CollectionCore i5
Kaby LakeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel Socket 1151SocketIntel Socket 1700
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
6
4Threads
12
4.0 GHz
Base Clock Speed3.0 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed4.6 GHz
51 W
TDP65 W
14 nmProcess Size
10 nm
40.0x
Multiplier30.0x
Intel HD 630Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 770
NoOverclockableNo

Builds Using Core i3-7300 or Core i5-12500

Resident Evil 4, 1920 x 1080, Max

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