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Intel Core i5 12450HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS

44 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12450HX
VS
50 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS
Intel Core i5 12450HX
AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 12450HX against the 3.1 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS. 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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7435HS and 12450HX
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12450HX
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version โ€“ 5.0
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics (16EU)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS
  • Newer - released 1 year and 11 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process โ€“ 6 versus 10 nanometers
  • 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
CPU:
Core i5 12450HX
vs
Ryzen 7 7435HS

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 509 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 2322 -
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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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 791.5 MB/sec 881.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 58.4 Klines/sec 77.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 211.7 pages/sec 193.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 227.4 Mpixels/sec 308.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 160.8 pages/sec 208.8 pages/sec
Background blur 40.7 images/sec 46.2 images/sec
Photo processing 89.9 images/sec 77.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.7 Mpixels/sec 18.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] โ€“ 29 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 12450HX
17651
Ryzen 7 7435HS +28%
22631
Integer math 56.2 GOps/sec 83.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 42.3 GOps/sec 47.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 51M Primes/sec 53M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 22.7M Strings/sec 30.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 11.8 GBytes/sec 18 GBytes/sec
Data compression 212.4 MBytes/sec 299 MBytes/sec
Physics 1019 Frames/sec 957 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 13.3B Matrices/sec 21B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] โ€“ 1622 & 2027 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 12450HX
131.01
Ryzen 7 7435HS +31%
172.04

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.3 PPW 13.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 154.4 PPW 181.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 320.9 PPW 419.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.38 PPW 3.19 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 12450HX
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-13 -> Kushagra_AggarwalCinebench 2026509 / 2322
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AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS
DateBenchmarkResult
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-08-12 (joel)Cinebench 202446 / 455
๐Ÿ“˜ 2026-02-21 (ะ‘ะตะฝะตะดะธะบั‚)Geekbench 6 CPU1315 / 6239
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Inverse Sauce)Cinebench 202484 / 723
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-11 (MrAVM)Geekbench 6 CPU1985 / 10492
๐Ÿ“˜ 2025-10-11 (MrAVM)Cinebench 202484 / 752
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 12450HX and AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released May 10, 2022 April 1, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Model number i5-12450HX -
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (16EU) No
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX -
Intel CPU rating (#190th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#112th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 3.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.4 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.1 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 12 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 24x 31x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 35-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W -
Socket BGA-1964 FP7
Peak Temperature 100ยฐC 95ยฐC

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (16EU) -
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz -
Shading Units 128 -
TMUs 8 -
ROPs 4 -
Execution Units 16 -
TGP 6-15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
See: Intel UHD Graphics (16 EU) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR5-4800
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 12450HX official page AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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Comments

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