Intel Core i5-12500H vs AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D

Core i5-12500H vs Ryzen 9 9950X3D specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 9950X3D 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i5-12500H has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12500H. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12500H. Also, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-12500H CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 9 9950X3D CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-12500H. The Ryzen 9 9950X3D 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.