Intel Core i5-12500H vs Intel Core i3-1215U

Core i5-12500H vs Core i3-1215U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12500H beats the Core i3-1215U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1215U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12500H has significantly more cores than the Core i3-1215U. Indeed, the Core i5-12500H has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i3-1215U. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1215U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-12500H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1215U. Also, the Core i5-12500H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-1215U outputs less heat than Core i5-12500H 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 i5-12500H has more L2 cache than the Core i3-1215U. The Core i5-12500H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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