Intel Core i5-13500H vs Intel Core i5-12450HX

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i5 12 core CPU vs Intel 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

6478 points
9% slightly better overall score
5938 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8783 points
5% slightly better gaming score
8351 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5800 points
11% slightly better multitasking score
5219 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5655 points
11% slightly better heavy workload score
5059 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

166.36 points
26% slightly higher Blender score
131.60 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
49% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
40% slightly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

9 MiB
28% slightly more L2 cache
7 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

222nd of 1,089
255th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i5
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-13500H vs Core i5-12450HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13500H is faster than the Core i5-12450HX. Despite this, the Core i5-12450HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-13500H has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i5-12450HX has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12450HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-13500H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12450HX. In terms of cache, the Core i5-13500H has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-12450HX. The Core i5-13500H 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 i5-13500H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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