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Intel Core i5 12500H vs AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

49 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12500H
VS
46 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
Intel Core i5 12500H
AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 12500H with 12-cores against the 3.3 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 6600H 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 (8)

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 6600H and 12500H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12500H
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • 12% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2180 vs 1954 points
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 10 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 12500H
vs
Ryzen 5 6600H

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 12500H +12%
2180
Ryzen 5 6600H
1954
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 12500H +12%
9527
Ryzen 5 6600H
8529
File compression 867.4 MB/sec 857 MB/sec
Clang compilation 62.8 Klines/sec 62.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 235.5 pages/sec 169.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 291 Mpixels/sec 223.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 231.7 pages/sec 208.8 pages/sec
Background blur 37.7 images/sec 41.6 images/sec
Photo processing 96.1 images/sec 73.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 14.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1034 & 1041 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 12500H +12%
20249
Ryzen 5 6600H
18081
Integer math 70.7 GOps/sec 63.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 51.4 GOps/sec 35.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 56M Primes/sec 49M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 27.7M Strings/sec 23.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.5 GBytes/sec 13.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 248.2 MBytes/sec 222.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1002 Frames/sec 848 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.6B Matrices/sec 15.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 5384 & 1976 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 12500H +15%
152.89
Ryzen 5 6600H
132.39

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.6 PPW 12.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 211.7 PPW 189.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 450 PPW 401.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.4 PPW 2.94 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 12500H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-01 (Ryoji)Cinebench 2026516 / 2644
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-01 (Ryoji)Cinebench 202498 / 660
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-17 (Thien)Cinebench 202499 / 821
πŸ“˜ 2024-11-02 (Praheg)Cinebench 202497 / 748
πŸ“˜ 2024-09-21 (uqi)Cinebench 202492 / 527
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AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-21 (Reitz)Cinebench 202487 / 597
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-17 (SamsulGG15)Geekbench 6 CPU2051 / 9242
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-31 (Elitube)Geekbench 6 CPU1820 / 6311
πŸ“˜ 2025-07-10 (Swaddy)Geekbench 6 CPU2024 / 8943
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 12500H and AMD Ryzen 5 6600H

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3+ (Rembrandt)
Model number i5-12500H -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon 660M
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 12600H
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H -
Intel CPU rating (#162nd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#132nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 3.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.5 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 33x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 16MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 45 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 95 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP7
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) AMD Radeon 660M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1900 MHz
Shading Units 640 384
TMUs 40 24
ROPs 20 16
Execution Units 80 6
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 12500H +13%
1.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 6600H
1.5 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon 660M compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR5-4800
- LPDDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 12500H official page AMD Ryzen 5 6600H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 6600H or Intel Core i5 12500H?
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Darknoor February 2, 2023 at 08:00 AM
12500H is probably the most stable and easily the most available, so it would make up for the difference in TDP that might occur.
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Prakash February 1, 2023 at 08:16 PM
My 12500h giving 12.8k cinnebench r23 multi-score, great but my laptop terminals is too bad to handle its heat 😫
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jake August 7, 2023 at 11:39 AM
Which laptop do you have?
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Nitro 5 August 21, 2025 at 08:47 AM
my score is 13.5k in r23 @80W power draw but for a second it will hit 90-95w before coming down to 80w
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Bek December 15, 2022 at 01:37 PM
12500h in my hp victus scored 7700 in Cinebench R23 (multi-core) I think it's even worse than ryzen 5 5600h in many laptops. This is due to low TDP in hp victus laptops during CPU test in Cinebench (multi-core) TDP did not go up 45watts.
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Pancake March 24, 2023 at 02:38 AM
Totally avoid HP Products, known to have low TDP/TGP and victus wobble + screen is totally low quality
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Guest August 8, 2023 at 01:33 PM
huge dog man, toxic member, and trash member user, get out of group nano pls :)
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Radeon September 26, 2022 at 05:37 PM
12500H has different TDPs according to OEMs with different performance levels. 6600H may perform better than 12500H in some cases.
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