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Intel Core i5 12500H vs i3 1215U

49 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12500H
VS
42 out of 100
Intel Core i3 1215U
Intel Core i5 12500H
Intel Core i3 1215U

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 12500H with 12-cores against the 1.2 GHz i3 1215U 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 1215U and 12500H
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12500H
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) integrated graphics: 1.7 vs 1.1 TFLOPS
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.5 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i5 12500H
vs
Core i3 1215U

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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i5 12500H +68%
9527
Core i3 1215U
5662
File compression 867.4 MB/sec 356.7 MB/sec
Clang compilation 62.8 Klines/sec 45.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 235.5 pages/sec 117.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 291 Mpixels/sec 180.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 231.7 pages/sec 224.7 pages/sec
Background blur 37.7 images/sec 18.9 images/sec
Photo processing 96.1 images/sec 54.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 13.4 Mpixels/sec 9.45 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1034 & 1106 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 +100%
20249
Core i3 1215U
10106
Integer math 70.7 GOps/sec 34.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 51.4 GOps/sec 24.6 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 56M Primes/sec 30M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 27.7M Strings/sec 12.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.5 GBytes/sec 6.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 248.2 MBytes/sec 113.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1002 Frames/sec 546 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 14.6B Matrices/sec 6.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 5384 & 3915 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i5 12500H +160%
152.89
Core i3 1215U
58.9

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.6 PPW 18.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 211.7 PPW 377.5 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 450 PPW 673.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.4 PPW 3.93 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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Intel Core i3 1215U
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-11 (Shanmukh)Geekbench 6 CPU2126 / 6248
πŸ“˜ 2023-11-06 (goryn81)Cinebench 202489 / 283
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 12500H and i3 1215U

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 4, 2022 February 23, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Alder Lake
Model number i5-12500H i3-1215U
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) UHD Graphics (64EU)
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H - Intel Core 3 100U
Intel CPU rating (#161st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 2
P-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 1.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.5 GHz 4.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 4
E-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 0.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 12 6
Total Threads 16 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 12x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 10MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 12-15 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 95 W 55 W
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) Intel UHD Graphics (64EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1100 MHz
Shading Units 640 512
TMUs 40 32
ROPs 20 16
Execution Units 80 64
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i5 12500H +55%
1.7 TFLOPS
Core i3 1215U
1.1 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics (64 EU) compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 12500H official page Intel Core i3 1215U official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Total votes: 170

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Comments

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