Intel Core i5-12500H vs AMD Ryzen 5 8640HS

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 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

7% slightly better overall score

6405 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9088 points

0.78% slightly better gaming score

9018 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6235 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

5593 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6100 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

5403 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.52 points

153.60 points

2% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

3.50 GHz

40% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

4.9 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

28 W

60% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

12% slightly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

201st of 1,089

227th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-12500H vs Ryzen 5 8640HS benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12500H is faster than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8640HS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-12500H has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 8640HS has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8640HS. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 8640HS has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12500H. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 5 8640HS has more L2 cache than the Core i5-12500H. Despite this, the Core i5-12500H has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen 5 8640HS.

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.