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Intel Core i5 12450H vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800H

46 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12450H
VS
46 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
Intel Core i5 12450H
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 2 GHz Intel Core i5 12450H against the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5800H. 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 5800H and 12450H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12450H
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • 15% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2246 vs 1957 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 8 integrated graphics: 2 vs 0.9 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 12450H
vs
Ryzen 7 5800H

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 +15%
2246
Ryzen 7 5800H
1957
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 719.1 MB/sec 718.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 57.2 Klines/sec 64.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 201.6 pages/sec 140 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 238.8 Mpixels/sec 254.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 230.7 pages/sec 201.4 pages/sec
Background blur 39.5 images/sec 34.9 images/sec
Photo processing 74.2 images/sec 58.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 12.4 Mpixels/sec 16 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 757 & 870 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 12450H
15893
Ryzen 7 5800H +29%
20477
Integer math 54.1 GOps/sec 79.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 40 GOps/sec 43.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 44M Primes/sec 48M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.5M Strings/sec 27.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 10.6 GBytes/sec 16.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 190.5 MBytes/sec 266.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 853 Frames/sec 823 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 11.7B Matrices/sec 18B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 7165 & 10544 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 12450H
115.78
Ryzen 7 5800H +43%
165.78

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13.1 PPW 13.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 188.6 PPW 150 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 353.2 PPW 379.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.57 PPW 3.07 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
Add View all (5)
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-29 (Mike)Geekbench 6 CPU1932 / 8068
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-21 (P)Cinebench 202484 / 708
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-18 (Chandra Prakash)Cinebench 202485 / 628
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-30 (Hinge Problems User)Geekbench 6 CPU1898 / 7148
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-30 (Hinge Problems User)Cinebench 202480 / 602
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 12450H and AMD Ryzen 7 5800H

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number i5-12450H -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (48EU) Radeon RX Vega 8
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 11800H
Successor - Intel Core 5 210H - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
Intel CPU rating (#182nd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#134th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.4 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 8
Total Threads 12 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 32x
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 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 RX Vega 8
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1200 MHz 2000 MHz
Shading Units 384 512
TMUs 24 32
ROPs 12 8
Execution Units 48 8
TGP 15 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 12450H
0.9 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 5800H +122%
2 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 8 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 64 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 7 5800H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 16

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