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Intel Core i7 12700H vs i5 13500HX

54 out of 100
Intel Core i7 12700H
VS
53 out of 100
Intel Core i5 13500HX
Intel Core i7 12700H
Intel Core i5 13500HX

We compared two 14-core laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 12700H against the 2.5 GHz i5 13500HX. 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 13500HX and 12700H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12700H
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) integrated graphics: 2.2 vs 0.4 TFLOPS
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13500HX
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 12700H
vs
Core i5 13500HX

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (142nd and 178th place)
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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 907 MB/sec 714 MB/sec
Clang compilation 83.6 Klines/sec 111.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.3 pages/sec 211.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 350.7 Mpixels/sec 293.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 236.4 pages/sec 242.3 pages/sec
Background blur 44.8 images/sec 54.3 images/sec
Photo processing 95.7 images/sec 73.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 18 Mpixels/sec 25.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 901 & 895 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12700H
24970
Core i5 13500HX +10%
27398
Integer math 87.9 GOps/sec 96.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 63.4 GOps/sec 70.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 91M Primes/sec 95M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.7M Strings/sec 36.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.1 GBytes/sec 19.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 292.8 MBytes/sec 326.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1476 Frames/sec 1550 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.4B Matrices/sec 19.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 12064 & 881 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 12700H
197.87
Core i5 13500HX +13%
223.91

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 23.4 PPW 16.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 248.1 PPW 201.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 554.9 PPW 498.1 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.4 PPW 4.07 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 i7 12700H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-30 -> YowthCinebench 2024105 / 541
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-27 (Fapvie)Cinebench 2024102 / 961
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-27 (sizar)Cinebench 2024100 / 750
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-14 (HansNoob)Cinebench 2024103 / 860
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-16 (robin)Cinebench 202497 / 676
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Intel Core i5 13500HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-06 (Exe_Red)Cinebench 2024110 / 1074
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-06 (Exe_Red)Geekbench 6 CPU2515 / 13904
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-10 (Sap)Cinebench 2024106 / 926
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-08 (Harsh Choudhary)Cinebench 202498 / 900
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12700H and i5 13500HX

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 4, 2022 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Raptor Lake
Model number i7-12700H i5-13500HX
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) UHD Graphics (16EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H - AMD Ryzen 5 7645HX
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H - Intel Core Ultra 5 245HX
Intel CPU rating (125th and 133rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 8
E-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.7 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 14
Total Threads 20 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 25x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 157 W
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1964
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (163rd and 171st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Intel UHD Graphics (16EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 1500 MHz
Shading Units 768 128
TMUs 48 8
ROPs 24 4
Execution Units 96 16
TGP 15 W 6-15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 12700H +450%
2.2 TFLOPS
Core i5 13500HX
0.4 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics (16 EU) compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 12700H official page Intel Core i5 13500HX official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

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