Intel Core m3-6Y30 vs Intel Core i5-12500H

Core m3-6Y30 vs Core i5-12500H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12500H is faster than the Core m3-6Y30. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core m3-6Y30 in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12500H has significantly more cores than the Core m3-6Y30. Indeed, the Core i5-12500H has 12 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Core m3-6Y30. It also has more threads than the Core m3-6Y30. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-12500H has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core m3-6Y30. Also, the Core i5-12500H has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core m3-6Y30 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-12500H CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-12500H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core m3-6Y30. The Core i5-12500H 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 m3-6Y30 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.