AMD Ryzen 7 5800X vs Intel Core i5-12450HX

Compare AMD Ryzen 7 Desktop 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

7869 points
32% slightly better overall score
5938 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9478 points
13% slightly better gaming score
8351 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7328 points
40% slightly better multitasking score
5219 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7169 points
41% slightly better heavy workload score
5059 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

213.11 points
61% significantly higher Blender score
131.60 points

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

3.8 GHz
58% significantly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

105 W
55 W
90% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

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

32 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

151st of 1,089
255th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 7 Desktop
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Ryzen 7 5800X vs Core i5-12450HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 7 5800X performs better than the Core i5-12450HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12450HX in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Ryzen 7 5800X has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 7 5800X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12450HX. Also, the Ryzen 7 5800X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12450HX outputs less heat than Ryzen 7 5800X thanks to a 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 5800X. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800X has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-12450HX.

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

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