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Intel Core i5 12450H vs AMD Ryzen 5 4600H

46 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12450H
VS
37 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
Intel Core i5 12450H
AMD Ryzen 5 4600H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2 GHz Intel Core i5 12450H with 8-cores against the 3.0 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 4600H with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 4600H and 12450H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12450H
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 51% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2246 vs 1492 points
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Radeon Vega 6 integrated graphics: 1.2 vs 0.9 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 12450H
vs
Ryzen 5 4600H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Core i5 12450H +51%
2246
Ryzen 5 4600H
1492
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 12450H +54%
8489
Ryzen 5 4600H
5529
File compression 719.1 MB/sec 389.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 57.2 Klines/sec 44.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 201.6 pages/sec 102.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 238.8 Mpixels/sec 161 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 230.7 pages/sec 131.6 pages/sec
Background blur 39.5 images/sec 30.7 images/sec
Photo processing 74.2 images/sec 42.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 12.4 Mpixels/sec 11 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 757 & 746 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 12450H +36%
3271
Ryzen 5 4600H
2411
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 12450H +13%
15893
Ryzen 5 4600H
14115
Integer math 54.1 GOps/sec 45.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 40 GOps/sec 26.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 44M Primes/sec 28M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.5M Strings/sec 21.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 10.6 GBytes/sec 12 GBytes/sec
Data compression 190.5 MBytes/sec 200 MBytes/sec
Physics 853 Frames/sec 627 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 11.7B Matrices/sec 12.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 7165 & 3806 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 12450H +9%
115.78
Ryzen 5 4600H
106.24

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13.1 PPW 9.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 188.6 PPW 102.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 353.2 PPW 261.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.57 PPW 1.97 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 12450H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-16 -> dmytrokobzarGeekbench 6 CPU2342 / 9865
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-03 (Burnt_T0ast)Geekbench 6 CPU2342 / 8962
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-23 (atlas)Geekbench 6 CPU2181 / 7757
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-08 (Raj)Cinebench 202491 / 588
πŸ“˜ 2024-01-30 (black lee)Cinebench 202491 / 601
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AMD Ryzen 5 4600H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-25 (UnknownUser)Cinebench 202465 / 495
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-25 (Ocelot)Cinebench 202469 / 520
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 12450H and AMD Ryzen 5 4600H

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 January 6, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 2 (Renoir)
Model number i5-12450H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (48EU) Radeon Vega 6
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 11500H
Successor - Intel Core 5 210H - AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
Intel CPU rating (#182nd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#168th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 2 GHz 3.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 30x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 32K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 95 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (48EU) Radeon Vega 6
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1200 MHz 1500 MHz
Shading Units 384 384
TMUs 24 24
ROPs 12 8
Execution Units 48 6
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 12450H
0.9 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 4600H +33%
1.2 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 6 compared to UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 68.27 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 12450H official page AMD Ryzen 5 4600H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 16

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Comments

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