Intel Core i5 12500H vs AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 12500H with 12-cores against the 3.6 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX 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
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7745HX and 12500H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12500H
  • Has 4 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX
  • Newer - released 1-year later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 5 versus 10 nanometers
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 14336 KB larger L3 cache size
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 25% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2649 vs 2122 points
  • 13% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.1 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
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Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
17892

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)
13495
File compression 671.6 MB/sec 1410 MB/sec
Clang compilation 86.4 Klines/sec 114.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 210.1 pages/sec 255.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 299 Mpixels/sec 408.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 229.7 pages/sec 275.9 pages/sec
Background blur 48 images/sec 44.9 images/sec
Photo processing 74.7 images/sec 92.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.1 Mpixels/sec 25.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
32902
Integer math 74.6 GOps/sec 106.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 54.6 GOps/sec 63.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 60M Primes/sec 155M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 29.7M Strings/sec 46.4M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.6 GBytes/sec 23.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 267.9 MBytes/sec 393.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1060 Frames/sec 1640 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.8B Matrices/sec 29.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 12500H and AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX

General

Vendor Intel AMD
Released January 4, 2022 January 4, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 4 (Dragon Range)
Model number i5-12500H -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon 610M

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 5.1 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 36x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 13.1 billions
Fabrication process 10 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 45-75 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 95 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FL1
Peak temperature 100°C 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon 610M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 1500 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 2200 MHz
Shading Units 640 128
TMUs 40 8
ROPs 20 4
Execution Units 80 2
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.41 TFLOPS
0.49 TFLOPS

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official site Intel Core i5 12500H official page AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX or Intel Core i5 12500H?
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