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Intel Core i5 12500H vs AMD Ryzen 7 4800H

49 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12500H
VS
42 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
Intel Core i5 12500H
AMD Ryzen 7 4800H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 12500H with 12-cores against the 2.9 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 4800H with 8-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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 4800H and 12500H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12500H
  • Has 10 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • 34% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2180 vs 1624 points
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) integrated graphics: 1.7 vs 1.4 TFLOPS
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4.2 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 4800H
  • 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 7 4800H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 300
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 2472
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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 +34%
2180
Ryzen 7 4800H
1624
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 12500H +30%
9527
Ryzen 7 4800H
7307
File compression 867.4 MB/sec 525.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 62.8 Klines/sec 60.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 235.5 pages/sec 141.9 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 291 Mpixels/sec 239.3 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 231.7 pages/sec 136.2 pages/sec
Background blur 37.7 images/sec 37.4 images/sec
Photo processing 96.1 images/sec 53.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 15.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1034 & 999 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 12500H +30%
3366
Ryzen 7 4800H
2584
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 12500H +13%
20249
Ryzen 7 4800H
17916
Integer math 70.7 GOps/sec 63.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 51.4 GOps/sec 36.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 56M Primes/sec 33M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 27.7M Strings/sec 28.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.5 GBytes/sec 15.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 248.2 MBytes/sec 265.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1002 Frames/sec 737 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.6B Matrices/sec 16.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 5384 & 6192 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 12500H +1%
152.89
Ryzen 7 4800H
151.47

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.6 PPW 11.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 211.7 PPW 135.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 450 PPW 331.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.4 PPW 2.81 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 7 4800H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-28 (Kaismeer)Cinebench 2026300 / 2472
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-03 (Tommy)Cinebench 202475 / 673
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-12 (Lee)Cinebench 202474 / 615
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-04 (Smothy)Cinebench 202472 / 544
πŸ“˜ 2025-01-08 (Secondoff3471)Cinebench 202472 / 658
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 12500H and AMD Ryzen 7 4800H

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 January 6, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 2 (Renoir)
Model number i5-12500H -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 11850H
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
Intel CPU rating (#162nd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#152nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 2.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.2 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 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 29x
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) 35-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 95 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1600 MHz
Shading Units 640 448
TMUs 40 28
ROPs 20 8
Execution Units 80 7
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 12500H +21%
1.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen 7 4800H
1.4 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 7 compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 68.27 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 12500H official page AMD Ryzen 7 4800H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 16

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