AMD Ryzen 7 2700 vs Intel Core i5-12500H

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

CPU Comparison

Quickly search and compare processors

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5158 points
6875 points
33% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6248 points
9088 points
45% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4785 points
6235 points
30% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4674 points
6100 points
30% slightly better heavy workload score

Free CPU Benchmark

Want to compare your processor against the Ryzen 7 2700 and the Core i5-12500H? Download our free and quick PC Performance Test.

Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

4136 points
6198 points
49% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

129.70 points
149.52 points
15% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
12
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz
28% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
4.5 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
45 W
44% significantly lower TDP

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
960 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
5 MiB
25% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
18 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

332nd of 1,089
201st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 April
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 2700 vs Core i5-12500H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12500H beats the Ryzen 7 2700 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 2700 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-12500H has significantly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Ryzen 7 2700 that has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 2700 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12500H. Despite this, the Core i5-12500H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12500H outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 2700 thanks to a 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 slightly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 2700. The Core i5-12500H also has slightly 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 Ryzen 7 2700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

Comments

No comments yet! Be the first to leave a comment using the form below.

Keep comments on topic and be polite. Comments are subject to moderation before they are published.

Popular CPU Comparisons