AMD Ryzen 5 2500U vs Intel Core i5-12500H

Ryzen 5 2500U vs Core i5-12500H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12500H performs better than the Ryzen 5 2500U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 2500U 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 Ryzen 5 2500U. Indeed, the Core i5-12500H has 12 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 2500U. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 2500U. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12500H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 2500U. Also, the Core i5-12500H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 2500U 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-12500H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 2500U. The Core i5-12500H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 Ryzen 5 2500U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.