Intel Core i5-12500H vs Intel Core i7-13620H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 12 core CPU vs Intel 13th Generation Core i7 10 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

6875 points
7691 points
11% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9088 points
10139 points
11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6235 points
6947 points
11% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6100 points
6776 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6198 points
7150 points
15% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.52 points
172.32 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

14686 points
15496 points
5% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
20% slightly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
4.9 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
Identical
28

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

5 MiB
9.5 MiB
89% significantly more L2 cache

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

201st of 1,089
159th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
13th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-12500H vs Core i7-13620H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13620H is faster than the Core i5-12500H. Despite this, the Core i5-12500H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-12500H has slightly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-13620H has 10 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-12500H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13620H. Despite this, the Core i7-13620H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-13620H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-12500H. The Core i7-13620H also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-12500H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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