Intel Core i5 12450HX vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500U

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core i5 12450HX, vs AMD Ryzen 5 3500U. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core i5 12450HX and AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
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 12450HX
1583
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
765
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 12450HX
10035
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
2760
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 12450HX
94
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
n/a
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 12450HX
624
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
n/a
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 12450HX
3360
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
1927
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 12450HX
18320
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
6876
Integer Math57.2 GOps/s24.8 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math43.1 GOps/s12.5 GOps/s
Prime Number Search54 M primes/s15 M primes/s
Random String Sort23.3 M strings/s11.1 M strings/s
Data Encryption12.1 GB/s6 GB/s
Data Compression219.7 MB/s94.9 MB/s
Physics1102 frames/s367 frames/s
Extended Instructions139 M matrices/s36 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core i5 12450HX
2262
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
1044
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core i5 12450HX
9541
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
2880
File Compression825.6 MB/s310.7 MB/s
Clang Compilation63.4 KLines/s19.2 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser238.5 pages/s71.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering252.2 MP/sec92 MP/sec
Text Processing223.8 pages/s88.3 pages/s
Background Blur46.2 frames/s11.3 frames/s
Photo Processing91.6 frames/s28 frames/s
Ray Tracing15 MP/sec4.41 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core i5 12450HX
131.01
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
34.13

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 173.5 PPW 82.3 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 333.1 PPW 196.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 11.3 PPW n/a
Blender / W 2.38 PPW 0.98 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced May, 10, 2022 January, 6, 2019
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Zen+ (Picasso)
Model number i5-12450HX n/a
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (16EU) Radeon Vega 8

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 4 4
Threads 8 8
Frequency 2.4 GHz 2.1 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 4.4 GHz 3.7 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores4n/a
Threads4n/a
Frequency1.8 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)3.1 GHzn/a
General
Cores count84
Threads count128
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier24x21x
L1 cache80 KB/core96 KB/core
L2 cache1280 KB/core512 KB/core
L3 Cache12 MB total4 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 4.9 billion
Process tech. 10 nm 12 nm
Power (TDP) 45-55 W 12-35 W
Max TDP (Boost) 157 W n/a
Socket BGA-1964 FP5
Critical temp. 100 °C 105 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
DDR4-2400
Max Size 128 GB 32 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No Yes
Max memory bandwidth 76.8 GB 35.76 GB

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 3.0
Max PCIe Lanes 20 12

Results

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

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