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Intel Core i5 12500H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

Intel Core i5 12500H
VS
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
Intel Core i5 12500H
AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 12500H with 12-cores against the 2.8 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 7520U with 4-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 (1)

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 7520U and 12500H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12500H
  • Has 14336 KB larger L3 cache size
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) integrated graphics: 1.41 vs 0.49 TFLOPS
  • 63% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2180 vs 1336 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4.3 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
  • More modern manufacturing process – 6 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 9-months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 12500H
vs
Ryzen 5 7520U

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Core i5 12500H +44%
1706
Ryzen 5 7520U
1182
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 12500H +156%
13244
Ryzen 5 7520U
5176
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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 +63%
2180
Ryzen 5 7520U
1336
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 12500H +128%
9527
Ryzen 5 7520U
4183
File compression 867.4 MB/sec 347.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 62.8 Klines/sec 28.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 235.5 pages/sec 87.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 291 Mpixels/sec 122.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 231.7 pages/sec 118.6 pages/sec
Background blur 37.7 images/sec 24.3 images/sec
Photo processing 96.1 images/sec 38.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 7.71 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 +38%
3497
Ryzen 5 7520U
2531
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 12500H +127%
21441
Ryzen 5 7520U
9451
Integer math 74 GOps/sec 32.5 GOps/sec
Floating point math 54.1 GOps/sec 15.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 60M Primes/sec 21M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 29.2M Strings/sec 14.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.4 GBytes/sec 6.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 264.8 MBytes/sec 142 MBytes/sec
Physics 1055 Frames/sec 457 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.6B Matrices/sec 6.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 12500H and AMD Ryzen 5 7520U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 September 22, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 2 (Mendocino)
Model number i5-12500H -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon 610M

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 2.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.3 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 4
Total Threads 16 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 28x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 4MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication process 10 nm 6 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 15 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 95 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Peak temperature 100°C 95°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 1500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1900 MHz
Shading Units 640 128
TMUs 40 8
ROPs 20 4
Execution Units 80 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 12500H +188%
1.41 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 7520U
0.49 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - LPDDR5-5500
Memory Size 64 GB 16 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official site Intel Core i5 12500H official page AMD Ryzen 5 7520U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 4

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 5 7520U or Intel Core i5 12500H?
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Guest 11 March 2024 12:10
Is the Integrated GPU by core i5 12500H, not UHD instead of Iris Xe?!
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