Intel Core i5-12500 vs AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 7 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

7166 points

8139 points

13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9976 points

9987 points

0.11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6301 points

7532 points

19% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6099 points

7360 points

20% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6075 points

7427 points

22% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

170.78 points

207.75 points

21% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9032 points

11045 points

22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2320 points

2333 points

0.56% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz

5.1 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB

12% slightly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

182nd of 1,089

144th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2023 December

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-12500 vs Ryzen 7 8845HS specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12500 performs better than the Ryzen 7 8845HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 8845HS in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Ryzen 7 8845HS has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12500. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 8845HS has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12500. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12500.

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