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Intel Core i5 12500H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

Intel Core i5 12500H
VS
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Intel Core i5 12500H
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 12500H with 12-cores against the 2.1 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with 6-cores. 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
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5500U and 12500H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12500H
  • Has 10240 KB larger L3 cache size
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • 47% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2180 vs 1488 points
  • Newer - released 1-year later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) integrated graphics: 1.41 vs 1.108 TFLOPS
  • 13% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 12500H
vs
Ryzen 5 5500U

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Core i5 12500H +44%
1681
Ryzen 5 5500U
1171
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 12500H +87%
13130
Ryzen 5 5500U
7039
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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 12500H +47%
2180
Ryzen 5 5500U
1488
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 12500H +74%
9527
Ryzen 5 5500U
5461
File compression 867.4 MB/sec 394.6 MB/sec
Clang compilation 62.8 Klines/sec 46 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 235.5 pages/sec 98.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 291 Mpixels/sec 150.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 231.7 pages/sec 132 pages/sec
Background blur 37.7 images/sec 28.2 images/sec
Photo processing 96.1 images/sec 42.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 11.2 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 12500H +43%
3497
Ryzen 5 5500U
2448
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 12500H +64%
21441
Ryzen 5 5500U
13098
Integer math 74 GOps/sec 46.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 54.1 GOps/sec 26.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 60M Primes/sec 26M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 29.2M Strings/sec 19.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.4 GBytes/sec 10.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 264.8 MBytes/sec 178.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 1055 Frames/sec 539 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.6B Matrices/sec 11B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 12500H and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 2 (Lucienne)
Model number i5-12500H -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon RX Vega 7

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 -
E-Threads 8 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 12 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 21x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 10-25 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 95 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Peak temperature 100°C 105°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1800 MHz
Shading Units 640 448
TMUs 40 28
ROPs 20 7
Execution Units 80 -
TGP 15 W 10-45 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 12500H +27%
1.41 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 5500U
1.108 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official site Intel Core i5 12500H official page AMD Ryzen 5 5500U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 12

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U or Intel Core i5 12500H?
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