Intel Core i5 12500 vs Intel Core i7 6900K
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2022
May 2016
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Alder Lake-S
Broadwell E
Processor Number
i5-12500
i7-6900K
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 770
N/A
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
14 nm
Socket
LGA-1700
LGA-2011-3
Power Consumption
65 W
140 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
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CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
8
Performance Core Threads
12
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.6 GHz
3.7 GHz
Total Core Count
6
8
Total Thread Count
12
16
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
32x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
1280 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
18 MB shared
20 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
DDR4-2133
Max Memory Size
128 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
4
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1450 MHz
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Shader Units
256
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Texture Units
16
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Raster Operation Units
8
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Execution Units
32
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Power Consumption
15 W
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
5.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
20
40
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,805
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Cinebench R23
12,471
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Geekbench 6
2,032
1,286
Geekbench 5
1,737
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Geekbench 6
6,066
7,470
Geekbench 5
8,674
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Blender
136
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Passmark CPU
3,680
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Passmark CPU
19,747
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.