Intel Core i5 12450H vs Core 5 210H

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 2 GHz Intel Core i5 12450H against the 2.2 GHz Core 5 210H. 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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 210H and 12450H
Advantages of Intel Core 5 210H
  • Newer - released 3 years later
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48EU) integrated graphics: 1.1 vs 0.9 TFLOPS
  • 9% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
  • 9% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2449 vs 2246 points

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)
2449
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
8938
File compression 719.1 MB/sec 727.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 57.2 Klines/sec 73.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 201.6 pages/sec 210 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 238.8 Mpixels/sec 256.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 230.7 pages/sec 250.1 pages/sec
Background blur 39.5 images/sec 48.8 images/sec
Photo processing 74.2 images/sec 77.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 12.4 Mpixels/sec 16.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 757 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3525
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
18167
Integer math 54.1 GOps/sec 61.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 40 GOps/sec 44.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 44M Primes/sec 53M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 20.5M Strings/sec 23.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 10.6 GBytes/sec 12.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 190.5 MBytes/sec 216.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 853 Frames/sec 1030 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 11.7B Matrices/sec 13.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 7165 & 1108 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
130.38

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13.1 PPW 12.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 188.6 PPW 198.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 353.2 PPW 403.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.57 PPW 2.9 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
Intel Core 5 210H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-27 (Sathish)Cinebench 2024105 / 585
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-01 -> drspaceloveGeekbench 6 CPU2360 / 8806

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 12450H and Core 5 210H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 4, 2022 December 18, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Raptor Lake
Model number i5-12450H 210H
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (48EU) UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48EU)
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 5 230
Successor - Intel Core 5 210H -
Intel CPU rating (182nd and 147th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 2 GHz 2.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.8 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz 1.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz 3.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 12 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 22x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 95 W 115 W
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (48EU) Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48EU)
GPU Base Clock 400 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1200 MHz 1400 MHz
Shading Units 384 384
TMUs 24 24
ROPs 12 12
Execution Units 48 48
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.9 TFLOPS
1.1 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR5x-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 12450H official page Intel Core 5 210H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Comments

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