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Core i5-12500H

Average Bench: 94% (119th of 1445)

Based on 11,588 user benchmarks.  Devices: BFEBFBFF000906A2, BFEBFBFF000906A3 Model: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12500H
Poor: 87%Average: 94% Great: 99%
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 93%
Nuclear submarine

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Excellent average bench

The Intel Core i5-12500H averaged just 6.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Core i5-12500H near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Single Core Speed 175Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 342Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i5-12500H is just 12.3%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Core i5-12500H performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Memory Latency 69.4Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 978Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 11,588 samples)
Rank 11994%
Min Avg Max
62.7 Memory 69.4 75.1
160 1-Core 175 186
315 2-Core 342 357
102% 196 Pts
Min Avg Max
576 4-Core 636 682
850 8-Core 978 1,065
99.8% 807 Pts
Min Avg Max
1,206 64-Core 1,444 1,594
89.3% 1,444 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
96.8% Outstanding
Memory 67.7
1-Core 179
2-Core 356
104% 201 Pts
4-Core 675
8-Core 1,004
104% 840 Pts
64-Core 1,530
95% 1,530 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
96.3% Outstanding
Memory 67.8
1-Core 180
2-Core 356
104% 201 Pts
4-Core 669
8-Core 1,005
104% 837 Pts
64-Core 1,536
95% 1,536 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
96.2% Outstanding
Memory 68.6
1-Core 175
2-Core 351
102% 198 Pts
4-Core 668
8-Core 928
101% 798 Pts
64-Core 1,344
83% 1,344 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
95.1% Outstanding
Memory 67.9
1-Core 177
2-Core 348
102% 197 Pts
4-Core 662
8-Core 907
99% 785 Pts
64-Core 1,268
78% 1,268 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
93.8% Outstanding
Memory 71.5
1-Core 182
2-Core 358
106% 204 Pts
4-Core 623
8-Core 893
95% 758 Pts
64-Core 1,237
77% 1,237 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
85% Excellent
Memory 70.1
1-Core 172
2-Core 324
99% 188 Pts
4-Core 536
8-Core 867
86% 701 Pts
64-Core 1,315
81% 1,315 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg)
82.9% Excellent
Memory 66.4
1-Core 134
2-Core 269
83% 157 Pts
4-Core 532
8-Core 860
85% 696 Pts
64-Core 1,280
79% 1,280 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 2.45 GHz (avg)
72.4% Very good
Memory 71
1-Core 161
2-Core 257
89% 163 Pts
4-Core 396
8-Core 625
63% 511 Pts
64-Core 932
58% 932 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg)
66.7% Good
Memory 64.9
1-Core 101
2-Core 204
68% 123 Pts
4-Core 368
8-Core 593
59% 481 Pts
64-Core 936
58% 936 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,862,578 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 23%
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Desktop
Desktop 98%
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Workstation
Workstation 23%
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System: Acer Nitro AN515-58

CPU
Core i5-12500HIntelBench 94%, 11,588 samples1,845x
GPU
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 16%, 72,765 samples1,095x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 15%, 7,232 samples552x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 11%, 18,986 samples539x
SSD
Micron_3400_MTFDKBA512TFH 512GBNvmeBench 331%, 3,976 samples1,899x
Micron_3400_MTFDKBA1T0TFH 1TBNvmeBench 407%, 6,767 samples508x
SAMSUNG MZVL2512HCJQ-00B07 512GBNvmeBench 303%, 1,542 samples419x
RAM
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 66%, 21,689 samples706x
ACR32D4S2S1MF-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 74%, 519 samples282x
M471A2K43EB1-CWE 1x16GBSamsungBench 46%, 7,758 samples271x
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USA-User
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Excellent (edit your comment) Add link

1 month ago.

I have Acer laptop and it so good for light gaming and in general but not heavy load

GBR-User
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5,788

Good

6 months ago.

iN MY NEW dell G5 very stable and no problems gaming.

POL-User
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4,576

Good

7 months ago.

This CPU seems to be underrated and I don't understand why. While it's not an i7 and therefore misses 2 P-cores, it still beats everything from previous generations. Heck, it's even more powerful than Ryzen 6000 series. And most importantly, it's very well priced.

NLD-User
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Excellent

3 months ago.

love it, it has ddr5 support and plus i got it

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Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $293Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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