Intel Core i5-12500H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7535H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 12 core CPU vs AMD 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
18% slightly better overall score
5807 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9088 points
13% slightly better gaming score
8004 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6235 points
22% slightly better multitasking score
5107 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6100 points
23% slightly better heavy workload score
4941 points

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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
3.30 GHz
32% slightly higher clock speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

5 MiB
66% significantly more L2 cache
3 MiB

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

201st of 1,089
268th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
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Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-12500H vs Ryzen 5 7535H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12500H is faster than the Ryzen 5 7535H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7535H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-12500H has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 7535H has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7535H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7535H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12500H. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-12500H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7535H. The Core i5-12500H also has slightly 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.

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