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Intel Core i7 11800H vs i5 12500H

44 out of 100
Intel Core i7 11800H
VS
49 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12500H
Intel Core i7 11800H
Intel Core i5 12500H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.9-2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 11800H with 8-cores against the 2.5 GHz i5 12500H with 12-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 12500H and 11800H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 11800H
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12500H
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) integrated graphics: 1.7 vs 0.7 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 8 months later
  • 11% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2180 vs 1962 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 11800H
vs
Core i5 12500H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 392 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 1974 -
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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 765.8 MB/sec 867.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 64.3 Klines/sec 62.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 189.5 pages/sec 235.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 281.6 Mpixels/sec 291 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 186.6 pages/sec 231.7 pages/sec
Background blur 37.7 images/sec 37.7 images/sec
Photo processing 78.7 images/sec 96.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.3 Mpixels/sec 13.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 699 & 1034 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 11800H
19594
Core i5 12500H +3%
20249
Integer math 70.2 GOps/sec 70.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 41.7 GOps/sec 51.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 83M Primes/sec 56M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 28M Strings/sec 27.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12 GBytes/sec 14.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 233.7 MBytes/sec 248.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 919 Frames/sec 1002 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.7B Matrices/sec 14.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 12773 & 5384 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 11800H +1%
154.87
Core i5 12500H
152.89

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.6 PPW 16.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 199.7 PPW 211.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 435.4 PPW 450 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.44 PPW 3.4 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 i7 11800H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (peppew517)Cinebench 202487 / 667
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (peppew517)Cinebench 20260 / 0
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-25 (peppew517)Geekbench 6 CPU2193 / 10451
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-15 (MSI)Cinebench 2026392 / 1974
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (SMS)Geekbench 6 CPU2006 / 9389
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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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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 11800H and i5 12500H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released May 11, 2021 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake Alder Lake
Model number i7-11800H i5-12500H
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU) Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5800H -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
Intel CPU rating (194th and 162nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 4
P-Threads 16 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.9-2.3 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 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 8 12
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 19-23x 25x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 18MB (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-1787 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 256 640
TMUs 16 40
ROPs 8 20
Execution Units 32 80
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 11800H
0.7 TFLOPS
Core i5 12500H +143%
1.7 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) compared to UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU)

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 11800H official page Intel Core i5 12500H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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