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Intel Core i7 1185G7 vs i5 12500H

39 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1185G7
VS
49 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12500H
Intel Core i7 1185G7
Intel Core i5 12500H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.2-3.0 GHz Intel Core i7 1185G7 with 4-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.

  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 12500H and 1185G7
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1185G7
  • More powerful Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU integrated graphics: 2.1 vs 1.7 TFLOPS
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12500H
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer - released 1 year and 4 months later
  • 17% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2180 vs 1864 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 1185G7
vs
Core i5 12500H

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)
File compression 729.9 MB/sec 867.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 28.4 Klines/sec 62.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 144.7 pages/sec 235.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 168.4 Mpixels/sec 291 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 121.7 pages/sec 231.7 pages/sec
Background blur 23.9 images/sec 37.7 images/sec
Photo processing 71.3 images/sec 96.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.3 Mpixels/sec 13.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 995 & 1034 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 1185G7
9896
Core i5 12500H +105%
20249
Integer math 33.7 GOps/sec 70.7 GOps/sec
Floating point math 19.8 GOps/sec 51.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 46M Primes/sec 56M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 12.5M Strings/sec 27.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 5.5 GBytes/sec 14.5 GBytes/sec
Data compression 102.4 MBytes/sec 248.2 MBytes/sec
Physics 736 Frames/sec 1002 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.2B Matrices/sec 14.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 5575 & 5384 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 1185G7
62.33
Core i5 12500H +145%
152.89

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.2 PPW 16.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 202.5 PPW 211.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 353.4 PPW 450 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.23 PPW 3.4 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 1185G7
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-23 (mentos_sotnem)Geekbench 6 CPU1769 / 5723
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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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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1185G7 and i5 12500H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released September 2, 2020 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake Alder Lake
Model number i7-1185G7 i5-12500H
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5800U -
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
Intel CPU rating (#161st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.2-3.0 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.5 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 4 12
Total Threads 8 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12-30x 25x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 18MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-28 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 95 W
Socket BGA-1449 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1350 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 768 640
TMUs 48 40
ROPs 24 20
Execution Units 96 80
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 1185G7 +24%
2.1 TFLOPS
Core i5 12500H
1.7 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) compared to Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200
- 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 i7 1185G7 official page Intel Core i5 12500H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 28

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Comments

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