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Intel Core i5 12500H vs AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS

49 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12500H
VS
50 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS
Intel Core i5 12500H
AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 12500H with 12-cores against the 3.1 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS 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 (3)

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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7435HS and 12500H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12500H
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS
  • Newer - released 2 years and 3 months later
  • 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 7 7435HS

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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 867.4 MB/sec 881.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 62.8 Klines/sec 77.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 235.5 pages/sec 193.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 291 Mpixels/sec 308.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 231.7 pages/sec 208.8 pages/sec
Background blur 37.7 images/sec 46.2 images/sec
Photo processing 96.1 images/sec 77.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 18.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1034 & 29 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
20249
Ryzen 7 7435HS +12%
22631
Integer math 70.7 GOps/sec 83.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 51.4 GOps/sec 47.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 56M Primes/sec 53M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 27.7M Strings/sec 30.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.5 GBytes/sec 18 GBytes/sec
Data compression 248.2 MBytes/sec 299 MBytes/sec
Physics 1002 Frames/sec 957 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.6B Matrices/sec 21B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 5384 & 2027 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 12500H
152.89
Ryzen 7 7435HS +13%
172.04

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.6 PPW 13.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 211.7 PPW 181.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 450 PPW 419.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.4 PPW 3.19 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 7435HS
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-12 (joel)Cinebench 202446 / 455
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-21 (Π‘Π΅Π½Π΅Π΄ΠΈΠΊΡ‚)Geekbench 6 CPU1315 / 6239
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-24 (Inverse Sauce)Cinebench 202484 / 723
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-11 (MrAVM)Geekbench 6 CPU1985 / 10492
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-11 (MrAVM)Cinebench 202484 / 752
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 12500H and AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 April 1, 2024
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) No
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H -
Intel CPU rating (#162nd place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#112th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 3.1 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 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 31x
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) 35-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 95 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP7
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 95Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) -
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz -
Shading Units 640 -
TMUs 40 -
ROPs 20 -
Execution Units 80 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
See: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) benchmarks

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 12500H official page AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS 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 7 7435HS or Intel Core i5 12500H?
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Spokyy March 15, 2025 at 09:07 PM
Which one is good for editing and gaming?
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Maher March 25, 2025 at 02:43 AM
You can't go wrong with either pick the cheaper Note: the igpu in the I5 even tho it's not good but it does work aloge the main gpu in some editing programs
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Parash December 22, 2024 at 08:20 AM
Which one is good for video editing and photo editing
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