Intel Core i5-12500H vs AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

Core i5-12500H vs Ryzen 7 9800X3D specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D performs better 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 7 9800X3D. Indeed, the Core i5-12500H has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12500H. Also, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-12500H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 7 9800X3D has more L2 cache than the Core i5-12500H. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D 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.