Intel Core i5-12500 vs AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 Mobile 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

2% slightly better overall score

7025 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9976 points

16% slightly better gaming score

8549 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6301 points

6518 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6099 points

6374 points

4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6075 points

6835 points

12% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

170.78 points

184.59 points

8% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9112 points

9429 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2182 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

1960 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9032 points

9459 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2320 points

17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

1979 points

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

4.9 GHz

6% 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

100% significantly more memory channels

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

480 KiB

512 KiB

6% slightly more L1 cache

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

192nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 9 Mobile

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i5-12500 vs Ryzen 9 6900HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 6900HX performs better than the Core i5-12500. Despite this, the Core i5-12500 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 6900HX has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i5-12500 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12500. The Ryzen 9 6900HX outputs less heat than Core i5-12500 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.