AMD Ryzen 7 260 vs Intel Core i5 12500H

Compared 2 processors: AMD Ryzen 7 260, vs Intel Core i5 12500H. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Ryzen 7 260 and Intel Core i5 12500H
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
1780
Intel Core i5 12500H
1689
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
16387
Intel Core i5 12500H
13228
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
106
Intel Core i5 12500H
97
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
930
Intel Core i5 12500H
748
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
n/a
Intel Core i5 12500H
3433
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
n/a
Intel Core i5 12500H
20723
Integer Mathn/a72.2 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a52.6 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a58 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a28.2 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a14.8 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a254.8 MB/s
Physicsn/a1020 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a151 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
2521
Intel Core i5 12500H
2180
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
AMD Ryzen 7 260
11816
Intel Core i5 12500H
9527
File Compressionn/a867.4 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a62.8 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a235.5 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a291 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a231.7 pages/s
Background Blurn/a37.7 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a96.1 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a13.4 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
AMD Ryzen 7 260
n/a
Intel Core i5 12500H
152.89

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 218.8 PPW 211.7 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 460.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 17.2 PPW 16.6 PPW
Blender / W n/a 3.4 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Intel
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 4, 2022
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Hawk Point) Alder Lake
Model number n/a i5-12500H
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 4
Threads 16 8
Frequency 3.8 GHz 2.5 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.1 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a8
Threadsn/a8
Frequencyn/a1.8 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a3.3 GHz
General
Cores count812
Threads count1616
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier38x25x
L1 cache64 KB/core80 KB/core
L2 cache1000 KB/core1280 KB/core
L3 Cache16 MB total18 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count 25 billion n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 10 nm
Power (TDP) 35-54 W 35-45 W
Max TDP (Boost) n/a 95 W
Socket FP8 BGA-1744
Critical temp. 100 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - LPDDR5X-7500
- DDR5-5600
- DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max Size 256 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 28

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core i5 12500H the clear winner in this comparison.

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