Intel Core i5 12500H vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 12500H with 12-cores against the 3.2 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5800H and 12500H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12500H
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2180 vs 1957 points
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Radeon RX Vega 8 integrated graphics: 2 vs 1.7 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2180
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
9527
File compression 867.4 MB/sec 718.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 62.8 Klines/sec 64.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 235.5 pages/sec 140 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 291 Mpixels/sec 254.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 231.7 pages/sec 201.4 pages/sec
Background blur 37.7 images/sec 34.9 images/sec
Photo processing 96.1 images/sec 58.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 16 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1034 & 870 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3366
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
20477
Integer math 70.7 GOps/sec 79.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 51.4 GOps/sec 43.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 56M Primes/sec 48M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 27.7M Strings/sec 27.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.5 GBytes/sec 16.7 GBytes/sec
Data compression 248.2 MBytes/sec 266.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 1002 Frames/sec 823 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.6B Matrices/sec 18B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 5384 & 10544 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
165.78

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.6 PPW 13.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 211.7 PPW 150 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 450 PPW 379.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.4 PPW 3.07 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
AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-29 (Mike)Geekbench 6 CPU1932 / 8068
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-21 (P)Cinebench 202484 / 708
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-18 (Chandra Prakash)Cinebench 202485 / 628
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-30 (Hinge Problems User)Geekbench 6 CPU1898 / 7148
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-30 (Hinge Problems User)Cinebench 202480 / 602

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 12500H and AMD Ryzen 7 5800H

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3 (Cezanne)
Model number i5-12500H -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon RX Vega 8
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i7 11800H
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
Intel CPU rating (#162nd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#134th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 3.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.4 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 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 32x
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 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 RX Vega 8
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 2000 MHz
Shading Units 640 512
TMUs 40 32
ROPs 20 8
Execution Units 80 8
TGP 15 W 25 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.7 TFLOPS
2 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
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 5800H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 16

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H or Intel Core i5 12500H?
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Jaroslav March 21, 2023 at 12:09 PM
It has one major catch. If you want to get the maximum performance from this CPU from Intel, there is a slow consumption at the level of a desktop CPU 95W! Ryzen's consumption is around 50W even at max load...
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Parkash November 28, 2022 at 03:21 PM
Is it true ?? 12500h better than 5800h? Voh, intel crushed amd in its own style.
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Stranger December 11, 2022 at 02:22 PM
There is a 1-year gap between releases, now i5 12th should be compared with 6800h which have the same release date.
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Sebastian December 30, 2022 at 08:05 AM
Stranger, No, 6800h should be compared with 12700h
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King March 12, 2023 at 01:02 PM
Yes, gen 12 and above is like epic comeback from intel.
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