Intel Core i5 12500 vs AMD Athlon Gold 20
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2022
Oct 2025
Manufacturer
Intel
AMD
Type
Desktop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Alder Lake-S
Mendocino
Processor Number
i5-12500
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Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 770
Radeon 610M
Generation
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Athlon (Zen 2 (Mendocino))
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
6 nm
Socket
LGA-1700
AMD Socket FT6
Power Consumption
65 W
15 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
95°C
Foundry
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TSMC
Die Size
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100 mm²
Package
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FT6
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
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Performance Core Threads
12
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Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
4.6 GHz
3.7 GHz
Total Core Count
6
2
Total Thread Count
12
4
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
24.0
L1 Cache
64 K per core
64 KB per core
L2 Cache
1280 K per core
512 KB per core
L3 Cache
18 MB shared
4 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
SMP
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1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
LPDDR5-5500
Max Memory Size
128 GB
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Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
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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
PCIe Lanes
20
4
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,805
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Cinebench R23
12,471
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Geekbench 6
2,032
888
Geekbench 5
1,737
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Geekbench 6
6,066
1,822
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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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.