Intel Core i9 10885H vs i5 12500H
We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core i9 10885H 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.
Review
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of electricity consumption
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core i9 10885H
- Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-2933 RAM
- 18% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.3 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12500H
- Newer - released 1-year and 9-months later
- Has 4 more physical cores
- More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
- Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
- 24% faster in a single-core Geekbench v5 test - 1622 vs 1310 points
- Has 2 MB larger L3 cache size
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
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Specifications
General
| Vendor | Intel | Intel |
| Released | April 2, 2020 | January 4, 2022 |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
| instruction set | x86-64 | x86-64 |
| Codename | Comet Lake-H | Alder Lake-H |
| Model number | i9-10885H | i5-12500H |
| Socket | BGA-1440 | BGA-1744 |
| Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics 630 | Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) |
Performance
| Cores | 8 | 12 |
| Threads | 16 | 16 |
| Base Frequency | 2.4 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency | 5.3 GHz | 4.5 GHz |
| Bus frequency | 100 MHz | 100 MHz |
| Multiplier | 24x | 25x |
| Bus Bandwidth | 8 GT/s | - |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) | 80K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 256K (per core) | 1280K (per core) |
| L3 Cache | 16MB (shared) | 18MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Power
| Fabrication process | 14 nm | 10 nm |
| TDP | 45 W | 35-45 W |
| Max. temperature | 100°C | 100°C |
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) |
| GPU Base Clock | 350 MHz | 300 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1250 MHz | 1300 MHz |
| Shading Units | 192 | 640 |
| TMUs | 24 | 40 |
| ROPs | 3 | 20 |
| Execution Units | 24 | 80 |
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
| Max. Resolution | 4096x2304 - 60 Hz | - |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory support
| Memory types | DDR4-2933 | DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267 |
| Memory Size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Max. Memory Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 45.8 GB/s | - |
| ECC Support | No | - |
Misc
| Official site | Intel Core i9 10885H official page | Intel Core i5 12500H official page |
| PCI Express Version | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| PCI Express Lanes | 16 | 28 |
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