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Intel Core i5-12500H vs Intel Core i9-12900H

Intel Core i5-12500H

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The Intel Core i5-12500H is a high-end mobile CPU for laptops based on the Alder Lake architecture. It was announced in early 2022 and offers 4 of the 6 performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and all 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores support Hyper-Threading leading to 16 supported threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock rate ranges from 2.5 to 4.5 GHz on the performance cluster and 1.8 to 3.3 GHz on the efficient cluster. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compared to the Core i7-6700HQ). All cores can use up to 18 MB L3 cache. Compared to the 12600H, the 12500H offers base clock for both clusters, a slower clocked iGPU and only "Essentials" vPro support.

Performance

The average 12500H in our database is in the same league as the Ryzen 9 6900HS, Ryzen 9 6900HX, Core i7-12650H and also the Core i9-11900H, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. For something that's supposedly a mid-range chip, this kind of performance is just outrageously good, as of Q3 2023.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of 80 W, the Gigabyte G7 KE is among the fastest laptops built around the 12500H that we know of. It can be more than 40% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Architecture

The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, and LPDDR4x-4267. The Thread Director (in hardware) can support the operating system to decide which thread to use on the performance or efficient cores for the best performance. For AI tasks, the CPU also integrates GNA 3.0 and DL Boost (via AVX2). Quick Sync in version 8 is the same as in the Rocket Lake CPUs and supports MPEG-2, AVC, VC-1 decode, JPEG, VP8 decode, VP9, HEVC, and AV1 decode in hardware. The CPU only supports PCIe 4.0 (x8 for a GPU and two x4 for SSDs).

The integrated graphics card is based on the Xe-architecture and offers 80 of the 96 EUs (Execution Units) operating at up to 1.3 GHz.

Power consumption

This Core i5 has a "minimum assured" power consumption of 35 W. Its Base power consumption sits at 45 W and its maximum Intel-recommended Turbo power consumption isn't supposed to exceed 95 W. A high-performance cooling solution is a must for a CPU like this one here.

Last but not he least, Intel Core i5-12500H is manufactured on Intel's fourth-generation 10 nm process marketed as Intel 7 for decent, as of late 2022, energy efficiency.

Intel Core i9-12900H

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The Intel Core i9-12900H is a high-end mobile CPU for laptops based on the Alder Lake architecture. It was announced in early 2022 and offers 6 performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores support Hyper-Threading leading to 20 supported threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock rate ranges from 2.5 to 5 GHz on the performance cluster and 1.8 to 3.8 GHz on the efficient cluster. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare to the Core i7-6920HQ). All cores can use up to 24 MB L3 cache. Compared to the 12900HK, the 12900H does not offer the open multiplicator (for overclocking) but the full "Enterprise" set of vPro features (for remote management).

The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, and LPDDR4x-4267. The Thread Director (in hardware) can support the operating system to decide which thread to use on the performance or efficient cores for the best performance. For AI tasks, the CPU also integrates GNA 3.0 and DL Boost (via AVX2). Quick Sync in version 8 is the same as in the Rocket Lake CPUs and supports MPEG-2, AVC, VC-1 decode, JPEG, VP8 decode, VP9, HEVC, and AV1 decode in hardware. The CPU only supports PCIe 4.0 (x8 for a GPU and two x4 for SSDs).

The integrated graphics card is based on the Xe-architecture and offers 96 EUs (Execution Units) operating at up to 1.45 GHz.

Performance

The average 12900H in our database proves to be an outrageously fast CPU, ripping the Ryzen 9 6900HX to pieces as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. Perhaps surprisingly, the i9's multi-thread performance is not much higher than that of the Core i7-12700H, suggesting the latter might be a better bang for the buck.

With its decent cooling solution and a long-term Power Limit of 110 W, the Asus StudioBook 16 H7600ZW is one of the fastest laptops built around the i9-12900H that we know of. It can be more than 80% faster than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, depending on the circumstances.

Power consumption

The Core i9 has a "minimum assured" power consumption of 35 W, with 45 W being its Base power consumption. The CPU's maximum Intel-recommended Turbo power consumption sits at 115 W.

The i9-12900H is built with Intel's 4th generation 10 nm process marketed as Intel 7 for lower than average, as of mid 2023, energy efficiency.

ModelIntel Core i5-12500HIntel Core i9-12900H
SeriesIntel Alder Lake-PIntel Alder Lake-P
CodenameAlder Lake-HAlder Lake-H
Series: Alder Lake-P Alder Lake-H
Intel Core i9-12900HK compare1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i9-12900H1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12800H compare1.8 - 4.8 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12650H compare1.7 - 4.7 GHz10 / 16 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-12600H compare2 - 4.5 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-12500H « 1.8 - 4.5 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-12450H compare1.5 - 4.4 GHz8 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i9-12900HK compare1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i9-12900H « 1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12800H compare1.8 - 4.8 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12650H compare1.7 - 4.7 GHz10 / 16 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-12600H compare2 - 4.5 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-12500H1.8 - 4.5 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-12450H compare1.5 - 4.4 GHz8 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Clock1800 - 4500 MHz1800 - 5000 MHz
L1 Cache1.1 MB1.2 MB
L2 Cache10 MB11.5 MB
L3 Cache18 MB24 MB
Cores / Threads12 / 1614 / 20
TDP45 Watt45 Watt
Technology10 nm10 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C
SocketBGA1744BGA1744
FeaturesDDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266/DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-5200 RAM, PCIe 4, Thr. Dir., DL Boost, GNA, vPro Ess., MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHADDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266/DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-5200 RAM, PCIe 4, Thr. Dir., DL Boost, GNA, RPE, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA
iGPUIntel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs ( - 1300 MHz)Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs ( - 1450 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-12500H
40.5 pt (56%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i9-12900H
44.1 pt (61%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Single Core
min: 96     avg: 100.8     median: 100.5 (70%)     max: 106 Points
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Multi Core
min: 371     avg: 558     median: 563 (10%)     max: 734 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 11330     avg: 13325     median: 13461 (13%)     max: 14686 Points
min: 7359     avg: 15301     median: 15987 (15%)     max: 19648 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1629     avg: 1677     median: 1685.5 (72%)     max: 1701 Points
min: 1634     avg: 1822     median: 1863 (79%)     max: 1921 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 627     avg: 647     median: 652.5 (73%)     max: 656 Points
min: 624     avg: 705     median: 715 (79%)     max: 738 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 4687     avg: 5126     median: 5090.5 (12%)     max: 5640 Points
min: 2681     avg: 5761     median: 6060 (15%)     max: 7471 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 2001     avg: 2142     median: 2112 (13%)     max: 2283 Points
min: 1395     avg: 2482     median: 2586 (16%)     max: 3077 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 233     avg: 242.5     median: 242.5 (73%)     max: 250 Points
min: 235     avg: 262.2     median: 265 (80%)     max: 277 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 12.08     avg: 23.7     median: 26 (34%)     max: 32.77 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 2.83     avg: 3     median: 3 (74%)     max: 3.3 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 8083     avg: 8445     median: 8235 (50%)     max: 9498 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 24313     avg: 44048     median: 47831 (35%)     max: 60567 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 48178     avg: 64876     median: 66958.5 (46%)     max: 77409 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 12846     avg: 13091     median: 13130.5 (16%)     max: 13256 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 187.176     avg: 211.3     median: 196.5 (2%)     max: 265.116 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 3.421     avg: 4.2     median: 4.1 (1%)     max: 5.062 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 7620     avg: 8121     median: 7897 (13%)     max: 9328 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 44105     avg: 50901     median: 51984.5 (30%)     max: 54380 MIPS
min: 34684     avg: 61535     median: 64918 (37%)     max: 76677 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 5174     avg: 5360     median: 5377 (64%)     max: 5563 MIPS
min: 5302     avg: 5835     median: 5881 (70%)     max: 6289 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 67.5     avg: 103.9     median: 111.4 (39%)     max: 125.45 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 225     avg: 255.1     median: 254.8 (59%)     max: 286 fps
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 12     avg: 15.1     median: 15.3 (27%)     max: 16.6 fps
min: 8.05     avg: 17.3     median: 18.7 (33%)     max: 22.5 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.864     avg: 1     median: 1 (0%)     max: 1.4 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 1.5     avg: 1.8     median: 1.7 (29%)     max: 2 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 8.6     avg: 10     median: 9.7 (25%)     max: 12.8 GB/s
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 385     avg: 435.3     median: 426 (5%)     max: 520 Seconds
min: 273     avg: 415.4     median: 375.5 (5%)     max: 850 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 223     avg: 245.1     median: 238 (2%)     max: 288 Seconds
min: 160     avg: 229.3     median: 201 (1%)     max: 451 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.4748     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (11%)     max: 0.535 sec
min: 0.4218     avg: 0.5     median: 0.4 (10%)     max: 0.506 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 12791     avg: 13126     median: 13126 (28%)     max: 13461 Points
min: 10122     avg: 12562     median: 12799 (27%)     max: 14082 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 7.3     avg: 7.8     median: 7.8 (2%)     max: 8.329 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 16.373     avg: 17.7     median: 18 (1%)     max: 18.439 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 385.4     avg: 416.2     median: 409.2 (2%)     max: 474.148 s
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 33640     avg: 50378     median: 52582 (46%)     max: 62706 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 15380     avg: 18894     median: 19689 (53%)     max: 20500 Points
min: 10552     avg: 21605     median: 22620 (61%)     max: 26126 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 82429     avg: 85046     median: 85045.5 (69%)     max: 87662 Points
min: 77848     avg: 90608     median: 91828 (75%)     max: 103016 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
84919 Points (69%)
min: 71651     avg: 89609     median: 91745 (74%)     max: 103757 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
86520 Points (73%)
min: 81857     avg: 89449     median: 87365 (74%)     max: 100472 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 15451     avg: 16932     median: 17100 (43%)     max: 18190 Points
min: 9262     avg: 18183     median: 19209 (49%)     max: 22123 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 23099     avg: 24362     median: 24351.5 (43%)     max: 25450 Points
min: 9703     avg: 25831     median: 27232 (49%)     max: 31176 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 8343     avg: 9856     median: 9989 (42%)     max: 11121 Points
min: 5062     avg: 11710     median: 12399 (52%)     max: 14424 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
min: 2239     avg: 2280     median: 2279.5 (69%)     max: 2320 Points
min: 2263     avg: 2267     median: 2265 (69%)     max: 2273 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
min: 8714     avg: 9892     median: 9891.5 (39%)     max: 11069 Points
min: 9278     avg: 10322     median: 10442 (41%)     max: 11247 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1556     avg: 1642     median: 1636.5 (69%)     max: 1693 Points
min: 1631     avg: 1797     median: 1830.5 (77%)     max: 1892 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 7962     avg: 9862     median: 10272 (18%)     max: 10828 Points
min: 8519     avg: 12163     median: 12321.5 (22%)     max: 14376 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1636 Points (7%)
min: 1553     avg: 1681     median: 1673 (7%)     max: 1838 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
10203 Points (32%)
min: 8374     avg: 10702     median: 10985 (35%)     max: 12717 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 7191     avg: 7401     median: 7199 (72%)     max: 8015 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 30682     avg: 35572     median: 35978.5 (40%)     max: 39648 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 545     avg: 555     median: 554 (1%)     max: 565 ms
min: 490     avg: 522     median: 507.5 (1%)     max: 608 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 83082     avg: 83286     median: 83229 (75%)     max: 83548 Points
min: 84027     avg: 87439     median: 86645 (78%)     max: 92438 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 214     avg: 238.4     median: 240 (69%)     max: 251 Points
min: 239     avg: 260.3     median: 264 (76%)     max: 279 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 246     avg: 270.7     median: 272 (57%)     max: 286 Points
min: 263     avg: 297.9     median: 297.5 (62%)     max: 332 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1668     avg: 1755     median: 1752 (67%)     max: 1824 Points
min: 1515     avg: 1844     median: 1884 (72%)     max: 2108 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 59.5     avg: 103.2     median: 106 (18%)     max: 132.7 Watt
min: 52     avg: 110.6     median: 104.2 (18%)     max: 180 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 76.3     avg: 116     median: 126.5 (23%)     max: 134.6 Watt
min: 74.6     avg: 128.5     median: 124.5 (23%)     max: 222 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 4.45     avg: 17.4     median: 17.5 (12%)     max: 30.6 Watt
min: 4.05     avg: 29.7     median: 26.5 (18%)     max: 96.8 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 6.46     avg: 11.9     median: 12.3 (14%)     max: 16 Watt
min: 7.99     avg: 18.1     median: 14.8 (16%)     max: 34.3 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 15.7     avg: 19.8     median: 18 (13%)     max: 27.1 Points per Watt
min: 13.6     avg: 19.8     median: 19.4 (14%)     max: 27.5 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-12500H → 100% n=31

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i9-12900H → 110% n=31

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