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Intel Core i5 12500H vs i5 11400H

49 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12500H
VS
40 out of 100
Intel Core i5 11400H
Intel Core i5 12500H
Intel Core i5 11400H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 12500H with 12-cores against the 2.2-2.7 GHz i5 11400H with 6-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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 11400H and 12500H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12500H
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) integrated graphics: 1.7 vs 0.4 TFLOPS
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer - released 8 months later
  • 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2180 vs 1967 points
Advantages of Intel Core i5 11400H
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 12500H
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Core i5 11400H

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 435.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 62.8 Klines/sec 54.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 235.5 pages/sec 119.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 291 Mpixels/sec 193.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 231.7 pages/sec 199.7 pages/sec
Background blur 37.7 images/sec 38.9 images/sec
Photo processing 96.1 images/sec 51.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 13.1 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1034 & 507 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 +34%
20249
Core i5 11400H
15125
Integer math 70.7 GOps/sec 52.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 51.4 GOps/sec 31.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 56M Primes/sec 47M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 27.7M Strings/sec 22.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.5 GBytes/sec 9.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 248.2 MBytes/sec 186.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1002 Frames/sec 673 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.6B Matrices/sec 12.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 5384 & 7444 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 12500H +40%
152.89
Core i5 11400H
108.96

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.6 PPW 10.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 211.7 PPW 154.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 450 PPW 336.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.4 PPW 2.42 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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Intel Core i5 11400H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-29 (Omkar)Cinebench 202482 / 439
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-17 (HNAT)Cinebench 202484 / 513
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-06 (George)Geekbench 6 CPU2082 / 8223
πŸ“˜ 2024-12-11 (Shen)Cinebench 202483 / 482
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 12500H and i5 11400H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 4, 2022 May 11, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Tiger Lake
Model number i5-12500H i5-11400H
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (16 EU)
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H -
Intel CPU rating (#162nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 2.2-2.7 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 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 22-27x
Bus Bandwidth - 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 95 W -
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1787
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (16 EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1450 MHz
Shading Units 640 128
TMUs 40 8
ROPs 20 4
Execution Units 80 16
TGP 15 W 6-15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 12500H +325%
1.7 TFLOPS
Core i5 11400H
0.4 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics (16 EU) compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 51.2 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 12500H official page Intel Core i5 11400H 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: Intel Core i5 11400H or i5 12500H?
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Prixy July 18, 2022 at 05:27 PM
With double the cores, the newer gen i5 is obviously the better choice
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David August 3, 2022 at 10:59 AM
Is it worth paying $600 extra for a laptop for it tho?
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King March 4, 2023 at 08:09 PM
David, Actually, in my country, the same laptop variant only differs by paying $100 extra.
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