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6 Cores, 12 Threads @3.0GHz, Alder Lake.
Release date: Q1 2022.

4 Cores, 8 Threads @2.4GHz, Haswell.
Release date: Q1 2013.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 73,318 user samples
3,715 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 106% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 91% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Poor: 91% Great: 106%
SPEED RANK: 94th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 103%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine
69,603 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 71% Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 32% Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 1.3 GHz (avg)
Poor: 32% Great: 71%
SPEED RANK: 625th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 59%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 62%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
99.2 % Much faster effective speed.
+69%
58.6 %
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
80.8 Pts Lower memory latency.
+11%
72.9 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
181 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+136%
76.7 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
343 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+137%
145 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
631 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+160%
243 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
992 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+184%
349 Pts
Memory
OC Memory Latency
91 Pts +3% 88 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
191 Pts Hugely faster OC single-core speed.
+106%
92.5 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
368 Pts Hugely faster OC dual-core speed.
+103%
181 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
689 Pts Hugely faster OC quad-core speed.
+119%
314 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
1053 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+124%
470 Pts
Market Share
Based on 68,929,209 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.06 % Much higher market share.
+50%
0.04 %
Value
Value For Money
110 % Much better value.
+74%
63.4 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating
57 % +4% 55 %
Price
Price (score)
$189 Slightly cheaper.
+10%
$209
Age
Newest
34 Months Much more recent.
+76%
140 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP)
65 Watts 47 Watts More energy efficient.
+28%
Cores
CPU Processing Cores
6 cores Much higher core count.
+50%
4 cores
Threads
CPU Processing Threads
12 threads Much higher thread count.
+50%
8 threads
Lithography
Manufacturing process
10 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+55%
22 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed
3 GHz Faster base frequency.
+25%
2.4 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed
4.6 GHz Much faster turbo frequency.
+35%
3.4 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
1251 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+166%
470 Pts
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
1199 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+236%
357 Pts
Series
CPU Architecture
Alder Lake Haswell
Socket
Motherboard Socket
FCLGA1700 FCPGA946
Graphics
Integrated Graphics
UHD 770 HD 4600

Intel's i5 12500 is a weird processor. It is around $40 more expensive than the i5 12400(F) for slightly higher clocks and a better iGPU that most gamers will not care about - which is the thing Alder Lake focuses most on from what we've seen. It is not good value. This does not mean it is a bad CPU, it is still very capable of gaming and could be more capable in workstation and desktop use thanks to the improved iGPU. I do not believe it deserves a $40 tax for those situations though. [Apr '22 Waaaaaal]

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The Intel Core i7-4700MQ is a high end mobile Haswell (2013) CPU. Despite sporting base and turbo clock speeds of 2.4/3.4 GHz, the 4700MQ has a maximum TDP of just 47 Watts. Although the 4700MQ is a quad core processor, hyperthreading technology allows the operation of eight virtual cores which enable the 4700MQ to deal with multi-core workloads with ease. The overall effective speed rating for the 4700MQ is 85.5 which is just 12% slower than the average of the current 9 group leaders. Since the group leaders include both desktop and server models this is a particularly impressive score for mobile processor with a TDP of just 47 Watts - it's almost as good as a reasonable desktop. [Oct '14 CPUPro]

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