Intel Core i5-12500H vs AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 12 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen Z1 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

8% slightly better overall score

6328 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9088 points

17% slightly better gaming score

7752 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6235 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

5895 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6100 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

5789 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6198 points

6531 points

5% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

149.52 points

169.56 points

13% slightly higher Blender score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

14686 points

14960 points

1% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

3.30 GHz

32% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

5.1 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

28 W

60% significantly lower TDP

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

5 MiB

8 MiB

60% significantly 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

234th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5

Ryzen Z1

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i5-12500H vs Ryzen Z1 Extreme comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme is faster than the Core i5-12500H. Despite this, the Core i5-12500H 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 Z1 Extreme has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12500H. In terms of cache, the Ryzen Z1 Extreme has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-12500H. Despite this, the Core i5-12500H has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Ryzen Z1 Extreme.

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.