Intel Core i5-12500 vs Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel 16 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

7166 points

8045 points

12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9976 points

0.08% slightly better gaming score

9968 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6301 points

7475 points

18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6099 points

7363 points

20% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6075 points

7814 points

28% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

170.78 points

208.48 points

22% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9032 points

11901 points

31% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2320 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2228 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

83% significantly more threads

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

5.1 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

33% slightly more supported memory

96 GiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB

24 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

182nd of 1,089

148th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-12500 vs Core Ultra 9 185H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 185H is faster than the Core i5-12500. Despite this, the Core i5-12500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 9 185H has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i5-12500 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12500.

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 i5-12500 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.