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Intel Core i5 12500H vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

49 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12500H
VS
38 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
Intel Core i5 12500H
AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 12500H with 12-cores against the 2.1 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 5500U 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

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 5500U and 12500H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12500H
  • Has 10 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Supports up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • 43% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2180 vs 1526 points
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • 13% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 12500H
vs
Ryzen 5 5500U

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)
Core i5 12500H +43%
2180
Ryzen 5 5500U
1526
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 12500H +59%
9527
Ryzen 5 5500U
6005
File compression 867.4 MB/sec 504.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation 62.8 Klines/sec 32.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 235.5 pages/sec 103.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 291 Mpixels/sec 151.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 231.7 pages/sec 124.6 pages/sec
Background blur 37.7 images/sec 27.2 images/sec
Photo processing 96.1 images/sec 49.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 8.97 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1034 & 599 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i5 12500H +41%
3366
Ryzen 5 5500U
2390
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i5 12500H +61%
20249
Ryzen 5 5500U
12609
Integer math 70.7 GOps/sec 44.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 51.4 GOps/sec 25.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 56M Primes/sec 26M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 27.7M Strings/sec 18.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.5 GBytes/sec 10.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 248.2 MBytes/sec 171.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1002 Frames/sec 526 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.6B Matrices/sec 10.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 5384 & 6029 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 12500H +66%
152.89
Ryzen 5 5500U
91.95

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.6 PPW 16.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 211.7 PPW 240.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 450 PPW 504.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.4 PPW 3.68 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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AMD Ryzen 5 5500U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-11 (Akhil)Cinebench 202468 / 404
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-06 (DON'T_SYBAU ❀️)Geekbench 6 CPU1515 / 6409
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-04 (Micro_review)Geekbench 6 CPU1526 / 6005
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-14 (Josh Passed)Cinebench 202469 / 315
πŸ“˜ 2024-05-30 (Wildan)Cinebench 202468 / 367
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 12500H and AMD Ryzen 5 5500U

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 January 12, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 2 (Lucienne)
Model number i5-12500H -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i5 1135G7
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H - AMD Ryzen 5 7520U
Intel CPU rating (#161st place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#165th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 8 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4 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 21x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 8MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 10-25 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 95 W -
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 105Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Radeon RX Vega 7
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1800 MHz
Shading Units 640 448
TMUs 40 28
ROPs 20 8
Execution Units 80 7
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 12500H +6%
1.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen 5 5500U
1.6 TFLOPS
More info: Radeon RX Vega 7 compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 32 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 12500H official page AMD Ryzen 5 5500U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 3.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 12

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