Intel Core i5-12450HX vs AMD Ryzen 5 5500X3D

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 Series 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5938 points
3% slightly better overall score
5757 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8351 points
6% slightly better gaming score
7870 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5219 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
5067 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5059 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score
4903 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

131.60 points
144.95 points
10% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
33% slightly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
3.00 GHz
25% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

55 W
90% significantly lower TDP
105 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB
66% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7 MiB
133% significantly more L2 cache
3 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
96 MiB
700% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

264th of 1,104
282nd of 1,104

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 May
2025 June

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i5-12450HX vs Ryzen 5 5500X3D specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12450HX performs better than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 5500X3D in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-12450HX has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 5500X3D that has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12450HX. Despite this, the Core i5-12450HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-12450HX CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 5500X3D CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-12450HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 5500X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-12450HX.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-12450HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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