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Intel Core i5 12500H vs AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

49 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12500H
VS
58 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Intel Core i5 12500H
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

We compared two 12-core CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 12500H (laptop) against the 3.7 GHz AMD Ryzen 9 5900X (desktop). 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
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
29.4
(Mediocre)
Value Index
52.2
(Average)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 5900X and 12500H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12500H
  • Newer - released 1 year and 3 months later
  • Includes an integrated GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
  • Has 46 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • More modern manufacturing process – 7 versus 10 nanometers
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 12500H
vs
Ryzen 9 5900X

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#112th 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)
Core i5 12500H
9527
Ryzen 9 5900X +33%
12701
File compression 867.4 MB/sec 1170 MB/sec
Clang compilation 62.8 Klines/sec 126 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 235.5 pages/sec 217.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 291 Mpixels/sec 362 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 231.7 pages/sec 232 pages/sec
Background blur 37.7 images/sec 38.7 images/sec
Photo processing 96.1 images/sec 85.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 31.5 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1034 & 441 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
20249
Ryzen 9 5900X +92%
38888
Integer math 70.7 GOps/sec 139.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 51.4 GOps/sec 77.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 56M Primes/sec 257M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 27.7M Strings/sec 51.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.5 GBytes/sec 31 GBytes/sec
Data compression 248.2 MBytes/sec 498.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 1002 Frames/sec 1984 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.6B Matrices/sec 33.1B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 5384 & 27058 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 12500H
152.89
Ryzen 9 5900X +107%
316.84

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.6 PPW 11.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 211.7 PPW 121 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 450 PPW 370.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.4 PPW 3.02 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 9 5900X
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-03-19 (D)Cinebench 202467 / 893
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-02 (Zoli)Cinebench 202493 / 1254
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-12 (Otamatone)Cinebench 202492 / 981
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-08 (aref)Cinebench 202494 / 1015
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-15 (SnakeyB)Cinebench 2024120 / 380
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 12500H and AMD Ryzen 9 5900X

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 4, 2022 October 8, 2020
Type Laptop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 3 (Vermeer)
Model number i5-12500H -
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) No
Rival Equivalent - - Intel Core i9 11900K
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H - AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
Intel CPU rating (#161st place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#70th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 12
P-Threads 8 24
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.8 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 12
Total Threads 16 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 37x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 512K (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 64MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Transistors - 4.15 billions
Fabrication Process 10 nm 7 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 105 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 95 W 142 W
Socket BGA-1744 AM4
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 90Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (#83rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) -
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz -
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz -
Shading Units 640 -
TMUs 40 -
ROPs 20 -
Execution Units 80 -
TGP 15 W -
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 12500H
1.7 TFLOPS
Ryzen 9 5900X
n/a
See: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) benchmarks

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 - 47.68 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 12500H official page AMD Ryzen 9 5900X official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

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