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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $212
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-12500 outperforms the more expensive Core i9-10900F on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-12500 is 614 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-10900F.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-10900F
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-12500 - 20 vs 12 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-12500
- Performs up to 3% better in Forza Horizon 5 than Core i9-10900F - 180 vs 174 FPS
- Up to 20% cheaper than Core i9-10900F - €218.88 vs €272.66
- Up to 22% better value when playing Forza Horizon 5 than Core i9-10900F - €1.22 vs €1.57 per FPS
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i9-10900F doesn't have integrated graphics
Forza Horizon 5
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Core i9-10900F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
FPS
174
96.66666666666667%
Value, €/FPS
€1.57/FPS
77.70700636942675%
Price, €
€272.66
80%
Intel® Core™ i9-10900F, processore desktop, per sistemi desktop 10 core fino a 5,2 GHz sbloccato senza grafica del processore LGA1200 (chipset Intel® serie 400) 65 W
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Core i5-12500
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
180
100%
Value, €/FPS
€1.22/FPS
100%
Price, €
€218.88
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-12500, processore desktop, per sistemi desktop cache 18M, fino a 4,60 GHz
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Core i9-10900F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Core i5-12500
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i9-10900F
Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020
Single-Core
1676
72.52271743833838%
Multi-Core
8426
92.80757792708448%
Intel Core i9-10900F | vs | Intel Core i5-12500 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 30th, 2020 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i5 |
| Comet Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
10 | Cores | 6 |
20 | Threads | 12 |
| 2.8 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
5.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 28.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i9-10900F or Core i5-12500
Forza Horizon 5, 1920 x 1080, Max
41 FPS
€19.53/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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€800.79
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62 FPS
€21.1/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,308.05
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1 FPS
€1493.85/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i9-10900F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,493.85
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