Intel Core i5-12450HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 8 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen PRO 5000 Series 8 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
5% slightly better overall score
5654 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8351 points
10% slightly better gaming score
7570 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5219 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
5051 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5059 points
2% slightly better heavy workload score
4922 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

131.60 points
133.69 points
1% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

55 W
15 W
266% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7 MiB
75% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
16 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

255th of 1,089
281st of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Ryzen PRO 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 May
2022 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR4

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-12450HX vs Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12450HX beats the Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-12450HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U outputs less heat than Core i5-12450HX thanks to a 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 7 PRO 5875U. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 PRO 5875U has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-12450HX.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-12450HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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