Product Compare

Intel Core i5 12500 vs Intel Core i9 14900KS

	CPU Intel Core i5 12500	CPU Intel Core i9 14900KS
General Parameters
Release Date	Jan 2022	Mar 2024
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Alder Lake-S	Raptor Lake Refresh
Processor Number	i5-12500	i9-14900KS
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 770	UHD Graphics 770
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	10 nm
Socket	LGA-1700	LGA-1700
Power Consumption	65 W	150 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100°C
Max Turbo Power Consumption		253 W
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	6.2 GHz
Total Core Count	6	24
Total Thread Count	12	32
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	30x	32x
L1 Cache	64 K per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	1280 K per core	2 MB per core
L3 Cache	18 MB shared	36 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	Yes
Efficiency Cores		16
Efficiency Core Threads		16
Efficiency Core Base Frequency		2.4 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency		4.5 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200	DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size	128 GB	192 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	89.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1450 MHz	1650 MHz
Shader Units	256	256
Texture Units	16	16
Raster Operation Units	8	8
Execution Units	32	32
Power Consumption	15 W	15 W
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	5.0
PCIe Lanes	20	20
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1805	2398
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	12471	40976
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2032	3444
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	6066	24020
Blender	136	603
Passmark CPU Single Core	3680	4990
Passmark CPU Multi Core	19747	65287