Intel Core i5 12450H vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500U

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core i5 12450H, vs AMD Ryzen 5 4500U. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core i5 12450H and AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
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)
Intel Core i5 12450H
1587
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
1151
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 12450H
9947
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
5920
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 12450H
91
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
n/a
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 12450H
601
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
n/a
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 12450H
3325
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
2423
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 12450H
16524
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
10833
Integer Math55.3 GOps/s31.2 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math41.1 GOps/s21.9 GOps/s
Prime Number Search46 M primes/s36 M primes/s
Random String Sort21.1 M strings/s14.7 M strings/s
Data Encryption11 GB/s6.8 GB/s
Data Compression198.8 MB/s125 MB/s
Physics900 frames/s526 frames/s
Extended Instructions122 M matrices/s109 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 12450H
2246
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
1491
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 12450H
8489
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
4717
File Compression719.1 MB/s513.8 MB/s
Clang Compilation57.2 KLines/s29.7 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser201.6 pages/s94.1 pages/s
PDF Rendering238.8 MP/sec138.8 MP/sec
Text Processing230.7 pages/s129.8 pages/s
Background Blur39.5 frames/s26.6 frames/s
Photo Processing74.2 frames/s45 frames/s
Ray Tracing12.4 MP/sec6.49 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core i5 12450H
115.78
AMD Ryzen 5 4500U
67.95

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 188.6 PPW 188.7 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 367.2 PPW 433.3 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 13.4 PPW n/a
Blender / W 2.57 PPW 2.72 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced January, 4, 2022 January, 6, 2020
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen 2 (Renoir)
Model number i5-12450H n/a
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (48EU) Radeon RX Vega 6

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 6
Threads 8 6
Frequency 2 GHz 2.3 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.4 GHz 4 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores4n/a
Threads4n/a
Frequency1.5 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)3.3 GHzn/a
General
Cores count86
Threads count126
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier20x23x
L1 cache80 KB/core32 KB/core
L2 cache1280 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache12 MB total8 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 10 nm 7 nm
Power (TDP) 35-45 W 10-25 W
Max TDP (Boost) 95 W n/a
Socket BGA-1744 FP6
Critical temp. 100 °C 105 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4-4266
Max Size 64 GB 64 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No Yes
Max memory bandwidth n/a 68.27 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 16

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core i5 12450H the clear winner in this comparison.

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