Intel Core i9-10900F vs Intel Core i5-12500H

Core i9-10900F vs Core i5-12500H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-10900F performs better than the Core i5-12500H. Despite this, the Core i5-12500H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12500H has slightly more cores than the Core i9-10900F. Indeed, the Core i5-12500H has 12 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i9-10900F. Despite this, the Core i9-10900F has more threads than the Core i5-12500H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-10900F has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12500H. Also, the Core i9-10900F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12500H outputs less heat than Core i9-10900F thanks to a 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 Core i5-12500H has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10900F. Despite this, the Core i9-10900F has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-12500H.

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 i9-10900F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.