Intel Core i5 12450H vs i5 10500H
We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2 GHz Intel Core i5 12450H with 8-cores against the 2.5 GHz i5 10500H with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12450H
- Newer - released 1-year and 9-months later
- More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
- 41% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1629 vs 1157 points
- Has 2 more physical cores
- Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
Advantages of Intel Core i5 10500H
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-2933 RAM
- 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
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Specifications
General
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Released | January 4, 2022 | April 2, 2020 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Alder Lake | Comet Lake |
| Model number | i5-12450H | i5-10500H |
| Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics (48EU) | UHD Graphics 630 |
CPU
| P-Cores | 4 | 6 |
| P-Threads | 8 | 12 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 4.4 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| E-Cores | 4 | - |
| E-Threads | 4 | - |
| Base Frequency (E) | 1.5 GHz | - |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 3.3 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Total Threads | 12 | 12 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 20x | 25x |
| Bus Bandwidth | - | 8 GT/s |
| L1 Cache | 80K (per core) | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 1280K (per core) | 256K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 12MB (shared) | 12MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 14 nm |
| Socket | BGA-1744 | BGA-1440 |
| TDP | 35-45 W (configurable) | 35-45 W (configurable) |
| Max. Boost TDP | 95 W | - |
| Peak temperature | 100°C | 100°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics (48EU) | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 350 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1200 MHz | 1050 MHz |
| Shading Units | 384 | 192 |
| TMUs | 24 | 24 |
| ROPs | 12 | 3 |
| Execution Units | 48 | 24 |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
| Max. Resolution | - | 4096x2304 - 60 Hz |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory types | DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267 | DDR4-2933 |
| Memory Size | 64 GB | 128 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | 45.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official site | Intel Core i5 12450H official page | Intel Core i5 10500H official page |
| PCI Express Version | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | 16 |
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