Intel Core i5 12450H vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2 GHz Intel Core i5 12450H with 8-cores against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 6600H with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
NanoReview Final Score
Choose your main usage scenario to recalculate the Final Score and see which CPU suits your needs.
πŸ”Œ Usage Scenario:

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 6600H and 12450H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12450H
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 15% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2246 vs 1954 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful AMD Radeon 660M integrated graphics: 1.5 vs 0.9 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

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

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2246
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 719.1 MB/sec 857 MB/sec
Clang compilation 57.2 Klines/sec 62.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 201.6 pages/sec 169.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 238.8 Mpixels/sec 223.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 230.7 pages/sec 208.8 pages/sec
Background blur 39.5 images/sec 41.6 images/sec
Photo processing 74.2 images/sec 73.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 12.4 Mpixels/sec 14.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 757 & 1041 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
18081
Integer math 54.1 GOps/sec 63.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 40 GOps/sec 35.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 44M Primes/sec 49M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.5M Strings/sec 23.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 10.6 GBytes/sec 13.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 190.5 MBytes/sec 222.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 853 Frames/sec 848 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 11.7B Matrices/sec 15.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 7165 & 1976 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
132.39

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13.1 PPW 12.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 188.6 PPW 189.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 353.2 PPW 401.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.57 PPW 2.94 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
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-21 (Reitz)Cinebench 202487 / 597
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-17 (SamsulGG15)Geekbench 6 CPU2051 / 9242
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-31 (Elitube)Geekbench 6 CPU1820 / 6311
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-10 (Swaddy)Geekbench 6 CPU2024 / 8943

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 12450H and AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Model number i5-12450H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (48EU) Radeon 660M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 12600H
Successor - Intel Core 5 210H -
Intel CPU rating (#182nd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#132nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 2 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.5 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 33x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 45 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 95 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP7
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (48EU) AMD Radeon 660M
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1200 MHz 1900 MHz
Shading Units 384 384
TMUs 24 24
ROPs 12 16
Execution Units 48 6
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.9 TFLOPS
1.5 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 12450H official page AMD Ryzen 5 6600H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
525 (29.7%)
1243 (70.3%)
Total votes: 1768

Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 6600H or Intel Core i5 12450H?
🌐 Register your profile and become part of NanoReview community!
Avatar
JMan October 11, 2023 at 08:31 PM
The results above come with the big assumption that both processors have similar TDP/TGP. However, 12450H is very often found on low TDP/TGP laptops. In such cases, the performance of 12450H will be significantly poorer than that of 6600H on all parameters.
+345 Reply