Intel Core i9-12900H vs Intel Core i5-12500H

Core i9-12900H vs Core i5-12500H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900H beats the Core i5-12500H in overall performance. 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 i9-12900H has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12500H. Indeed, the Core i9-12900H has 14 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i5-12500H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12500H. According to our data, the Core i9-12900H and Core i5-12500H have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i9-12900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-12900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.