Intel Core i5-5200U vs Intel Core i7-12700T. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
• Generation
  5 12
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 5000U Intel Core i 12000
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Core i7-11700

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  2.20 GHz 1.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 12
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.70 GHz 4.70 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 20
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  -- 8x Golden Cove
• B core
  -- 4x Gracemont

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 5500 Intel UHD Graphics 770
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.90 GHz 1.45 GHz
• Execution units
  24 32
• Shader
  192 256
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB --
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  8 11
• DirectX Version
  11.2 12
• Technology
  14 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q4/2021

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-12700T and Intel Core i5-5200U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3-1600 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• Max. Memory
  256 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  2.0 5.0
• PCIe lanes
  12 20

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-5200U and Intel Core i7-12700T to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 35 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-5200U and Intel Core i5-5200U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  -- 2.50 MB
• L3-Cache
  3.00 MB 25.00 MB
• Architecture
  Broadwell U Alder Lake S
• Technology
  14 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1168 LGA 1700
• Release date
  Q1/2015 Q4/2021