Intel Core i5-12500H vs AMD Ryzen 7 7435HS

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 12 core CPU vs AMD 8 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
7171 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9088 points
4% slightly better gaming score
8669 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6235 points
6668 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6100 points
6519 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6198 points
6871 points
10% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.52 points
173.76 points
16% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
49% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.1 GHz
24% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
Identical
4.5 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
Identical
45 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

960 KiB
87% significantly more L1 cache
512 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

5 MiB
25% slightly more L2 cache
4 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
181st of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Ryzen 7000 Series

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
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core i5-12500H vs Ryzen 7 7435HS benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 7435HS is faster than the Core i5-12500H. Despite this, the Core i5-12500H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-12500H has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 7435HS that has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 7435HS has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12500H. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-12500H has slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 7435HS. The Core i5-12500H 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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