Intel Core i5 6500 vs Intel Core i7 12700KF
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Oct 2021
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Alder Lake
Processor Number
i5-6500
i7-12700KF
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 530
No
Package
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
10 nm
Socket
LGA-1151
LGA-1700
Power Consumption
65 W
125 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
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190 W
Peak Operating Temperature
—
100°C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
4
8
Performance Core Threads
4
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.2 GHz
3.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.6 GHz
4.9 GHz
Total Core Count
4
12
Total Thread Count
4
20
Multiplier
32x
36x
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
12 MB shared
L3 Cache
6 MB shared
25 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Efficiency Cores
—
4
Efficiency Core Threads
—
4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
—
2.7 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
—
3.8 GHz
Bus Frequency
—
100 MHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1600
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
64 GB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
—
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
—
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
3.0
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
20
Extended Instruction Set
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
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Benchmark
Cinebench R23
966
1,944
Cinebench R23
3,420
22,801
Geekbench 6
1,197
2,790
Geekbench 5
900
2,031
Geekbench 6
3,264
15,374
Geekbench 5
3,118
14,961
Blender
53
349
Passmark CPU
2,116
4,020
Passmark CPU
5,591
34,419
Cinebench 2024
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114
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.