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Core i5-12500H

Average Bench: 94.5% (96th of 1420)

Based on 5,849 user benchmarks.  Devices: BFEBFBFF000906A2, BFEBFBFF000906A3 Model: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12500H
Poor: 90%Average: 94.5% Great: 99%
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 94%
Nuclear submarine

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Excellent average bench

The Intel Core i5-12500H averaged just 5.4% 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 176Pts
Avg. Dual Core Speed 343Pts

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i5-12500H is just 9.22%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Intel Core i5-12500H performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Memory Latency 69.5Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 991Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 5,849 samples)
Rank 9694.5%
Min Avg Max
62.9 Memory 69.5 74.9
166 1-Core 176 186
318 2-Core 343 357
102% 196 Pts
Min Avg Max
592 4-Core 641 683
889 8-Core 991 1,064
101% 816 Pts
Min Avg Max
1,210 64-Core 1,471 1,603
91.1% 1,471 Pts
User Benchmarks Bench Normal Heavy Server
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
96.9% Outstanding
Memory 69.9
1-Core 180
2-Core 348
103% 199 Pts
4-Core 664
8-Core 1037
105% 850 Pts
64-Core 1,429
88% 1,429 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg)
95.9% Outstanding
Memory 68.5
1-Core 178
2-Core 347
102% 198 Pts
4-Core 660
8-Core 1,052
105% 856 Pts
64-Core 1,570
97% 1,570 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg)
89.5% Excellent
Memory 66.8
1-Core 172
2-Core 340
100% 193 Pts
4-Core 601
8-Core 1,012
98% 806 Pts
64-Core 1,482
92% 1,482 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
89.2% Excellent
Memory 60.4
1-Core 171
2-Core 340
98% 191 Pts
4-Core 632
8-Core 932
97% 782 Pts
64-Core 1,382
86% 1,382 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
63% Good
Memory 50.1
1-Core 99.4
2-Core 210
63% 120 Pts
4-Core 406
8-Core 693
67% 550 Pts
64-Core 1049
65% 1049 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg)
56.5% Above average
Memory 67.8
1-Core 156
2-Core 190
80% 138 Pts
4-Core 244
8-Core 356
38% 300 Pts
64-Core 1,003
62% 1,003 Pts
U3E1, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 1.7 GHz (avg)
46.3% Average
Memory 41.6
1-Core 65.2
2-Core 132
44% 79.8 Pts
4-Core 274
8-Core 478
45% 376 Pts
64-Core 489
30% 489 Pts
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 64,576,035 CPUs tested.

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Gaming
Gaming 24%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 98%
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Workstation
Workstation 24%
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System: Acer Nitro AN515-58

CPU
Core i5-12500HIntelBench 95%, 5,849 samples1,204x
GPU
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 17%, 41,224 samples748x
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 15%, 4,854 samples375x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples313x
SSD
Micron_3400_MTFDKBA512TFH 512GBNvmeBench 330%, 3,117 samples1,261x
SAMSUNG MZVL2512HCJQ-00B07 512GBNvmeBench 305%, 1,117 samples243x
Micron_3400_MTFDKBA1T0TFH 1TBNvmeBench 406%, 4,674 samples234x
RAM
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 66%, 21,689 samples552x
ACR32D4S2S1MF-8 2x8GBKingstonBench 74%, 519 samples230x
M471A2K43EB1-CWE 1x16GBSamsungBench 43%, 4,746 samples189x
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Excellent

4 months ago.

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

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Good

13 days 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.

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Intel Core i5-13600K $316Nvidia RTX 4060 $290Crucial MX500 250GB $28
Intel Core i5-12400F $150Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $399Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $60
Intel Core i5-12600K $215Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $260Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $50
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