AMD Ryzen 7 5800HS vs Intel Core i5-12500

Ryzen 7 5800HS vs Core i5-12500 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12500 performs better than the Ryzen 7 5800HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800HS in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800HS has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i5-12500 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12500. A Ryzen 7 5800HS CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-12500 CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 7 5800HS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.