Intel Core i5-12500H vs Intel Core i5-1235U

Core i5-12500H vs Core i5-1235U specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12500H is faster than the Core i5-1235U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-1235U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-12500H has slightly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core i5-1235U that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-1235U. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12500H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1235U. Also, the Core i5-12500H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-1235U 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 i5-1235U. The Core i5-12500H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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