Intel Core i5-12500 vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 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

7431 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9976 points

1% slightly better gaming score

9839 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6301 points

6707 points

6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6099 points

6519 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6075 points

10239 points

68% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

170.78 points

234.24 points

37% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9032 points

14785 points

63% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2320 points

2607 points

12% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

5.4 GHz

17% 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

Identical

128 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

188th of 1,099

173rd of 1,099

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5-8400

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 285H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12500 beats the Core Ultra 9 285H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 9 285H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 285H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12500. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285H has 16 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12500. 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.