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

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▲ 565,820 ▼

8 Cores, 16 Threads @3.0GHz, Haswell-E.
Release date: Q3 2014.

Effective Speed 
+23%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 19,183 user samples
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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: 83rd / 1456
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 103%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine
15,468 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 94% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 70% Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg)
Poor: 70% Great: 94%
SPEED RANK: 235th / 1456
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed 		99.2 % Faster effective speed.
+23% 		80.5 %
Average Score 
+48%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency 		80.8 Pts 87 Pts Slightly lower memory latency.
+8%
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed 		181 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+81% 		100 Pts
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed 		343 Pts Much faster dual-core speed.
+71% 		201 Pts
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed 		631 Pts Much faster quad-core speed.
+59% 		398 Pts
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed 		992 Pts Much faster octa-core speed.
+38% 		718 Pts
Overclocked Score 
+28%
Memory
OC Memory Latency 		91 Pts 95.3 Pts +5%
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed 		191 Pts Much faster OC single-core speed.
+49% 		128 Pts
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed 		368 Pts Much faster OC dual-core speed.
+45% 		254 Pts
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed 		689 Pts Much faster OC quad-core speed.
+37% 		502 Pts
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed 		1053 Pts Faster OC octa-core speed.
+14% 		920 Pts
Value & Sentiment 
+21%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.06 % Much higher market share.
+50% 		0.04 %
Value
Value For Money 		109 % Better value.
+26% 		86.8 %
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		57 % +2% 56 %
Price
Price (score) 		$196 Slightly cheaper.
+7% 		$211
Nice To Haves 
+17%
Age
Newest 		30 Months Much more recent.
+75% 		119 Months
TDP
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 		65 Watts Much more energy efficient.
+54% 		140 Watts
Cores
CPU Processing Cores 		6 cores 8 cores Much higher core count.
+33%
Threads
CPU Processing Threads 		12 threads 16 threads Much higher thread count.
+33%
Lithography
Manufacturing process 		10 nm Much newer manufacturing.
+55% 		22 nm
Base Clock
Base Clock Speed 		3 GHz 3 GHz
Turbo Clock
Turbo Clock Speed 		4.6 GHz Much faster turbo frequency.
+31% 		3.5 GHz
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed 		1251 Pts 1353 Pts Slightly faster OC 64-core speed.
+8%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed 		1199 Pts Faster 64-core speed.
+12% 		1075 Pts
Specifications 
Series
CPU Architecture 		Alder Lake Haswell-E
Socket
Motherboard Socket 		FCLGA1700 LGA2011-V3
Graphics
Integrated Graphics 		UHD 770 None
Conclusion 
Average Bench 99.2%
Average Bench 80.5%
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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 5960X sports eight cores and sixteen threads. That's two more cores than we have ever seen on a consumer processor before and as such this $1,000 processor offers record breaking multi-threaded CPU horsepower. Unfortunately the 5960X is clocked at just 3 GHz base and 3.5 GHz turbo which, for single and dual-core workloads, renders it around 15% slower than a $69 G3258 on stock clocks! The 5960X is only compatible with Intel's new X99 chipset which requires new DDR4 RAM and is currently far more expensive, with little consumer benefit, than DDR3. All in all the i7-5960X processor is largely irrelevant for consumers as it's far far too expensive. [Sep '14 CPUPro]

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