Intel Core i5-12500H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7500F

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 6 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
7573 points
10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9088 points
10596 points
16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6235 points
6600 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6100 points
6379 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6198 points
6449 points
4% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.52 points
197.05 points
31% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
100% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.70 GHz
48% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
5 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
44% significantly lower TDP
65 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

960 KiB
150% significantly more L1 cache
384 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

5 MiB
6 MiB
20% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
32 MiB
77% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

201st of 1,089
164th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 5 Desktop

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2023 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-12500H vs Ryzen 5 7500F comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 7500F is faster than the Core i5-12500H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12500H 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 Ryzen 5 7500F. Indeed, the Core i5-12500H has 12 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7500F. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7500F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7500F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12500H. Also, the Ryzen 5 7500F has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-12500H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 7500F CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 5 7500F has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-12500H. The Ryzen 5 7500F also has significantly 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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