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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-12500 outperforms the cheaper Pentium Gold G6405 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-12500 is 294 days newer than the cheaper Pentium Gold G6405.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-12500
- Performs up to 662% better in Cities: Skylines II than Pentium Gold G6405 - 61 vs 8 FPS
- Up to 66% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Pentium Gold G6405 - €3.44 vs €10.0 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium Gold G6405 - 12 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium Gold G6405
- Up to 62% cheaper than Core i5-12500 - €80.0 vs €210.0
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Core i5-12500 - 58 vs 65 Watts
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-12500
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
61
100%
Value, €/FPS
€3.44/FPS
100%
Price, €
€210
38%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-12500, processore desktop, per sistemi desktop cache 18M, fino a 4,60 GHz
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Intel Pentium Gold G6405 processor 4.1 GHz 4 MB Smart Cache Box
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-12500
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Pentium Gold G6405
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-12500 | vs | Intel Pentium Gold G6405 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Pentium Gold |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Comet Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
6 | Cores | 2 |
12 | Threads | 4 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 58 W |
10 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 41.0x |
| UHD Graphics 770 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 610 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i5-12500 or Pentium Gold G6405
Cities: Skylines II, 1920 x 1080, High
2 FPS
€400.82/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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