Intel Core i5 12450H vs AMD Ryzen 7 4800H

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 2 GHz Intel Core i5 12450H against the 2.9 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 4800H. 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
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 4800H and 12450H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12450H
  • Newer - released 2-years later
  • Has 4096 KB larger L3 cache size
  • 41% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2252 vs 1602 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.4 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
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Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1592
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
11238

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2252
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
8139
File compression 505.2 MB/sec 386.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 62.6 Klines/sec 60.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 163.6 pages/sec 104.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 229.4 Mpixels/sec 178.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 227 pages/sec 139.5 pages/sec
Background blur 41.9 images/sec 33.5 images/sec
Photo processing 68.9 images/sec 44 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.7 Mpixels/sec 16.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3509
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
18699
Integer math 59 GOps/sec 65.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 44.2 GOps/sec 38.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 49M Primes/sec 34M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 23.7M Strings/sec 30.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12.2 GBytes/sec 16.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 221 MBytes/sec 277.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 940 Frames/sec 767 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 13.6B Matrices/sec 17.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 12450H and AMD Ryzen 7 4800H

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 7

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2 GHz 2.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.2 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 8
Total Threads 12 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 29x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (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 100°C 105°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (48EU) Radeon Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1200 MHz 1600 MHz
Shading Units 384 448
TMUs 24 28
ROPs 12 7
Execution Units 48 -
TGP 15 W 10-45 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.84 TFLOPS
1.108 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4X-4266
Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Max. 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 7 4800H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 16

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 4800H or Intel Core i5 12450H?
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