AMD Ryzen 7 5700U vs Intel Core i5-12450HX

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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

4897 points
5938 points
21% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6449 points
8351 points
29% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4413 points
5219 points
18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4297 points
5059 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

118.70 points
131.60 points
10% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.8 GHz
2.4 GHz
33% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.3 GHz
4.4 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
266% significantly lower TDP
55 W

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB
640 KiB
25% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
7 MiB
75% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

356th of 1,089
255th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Mobile
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 December
2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Ryzen 7 5700U vs Core i5-12450HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12450HX beats the Ryzen 7 5700U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5700U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 7 5700U has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-12450HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Ryzen 7 5700U. Also, the Core i5-12450HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 7 5700U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-12450HX CPU because of its 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 i5-12450HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 7 5700U. The Core i5-12450HX 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 Ryzen 7 5700U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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