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CPU: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12500H

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2 Cores, 2 Threads.
Release date ≈ Q1 2023.

Average Bench: 31% (1302nd of 1445)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Device: 0F8BFBFF000906A3 Model: 1st CPU: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12500H
Poor: 17%Average: 31% Great: 42%
Gaming
Gaming 31%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 38%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 22%
Surfboard

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Poor average bench

The 1st CPU: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12500H averaged 69.0% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Single Core Speed 68.9Pts
Avg. Memory Latency 42Pts

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this CPU perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Multi Core Speed 125Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 129Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Rank 130231%
Min Avg Max
26.9 Memory 42 65.4
10.6 1-Core 68.9 134
23.8 2-Core 83 182
39% 64.6 Pts
Min Avg Max
25.8 4-Core 114 219
8.7 8-Core 129 304
15.9% 121 Pts
Min Avg Max
13 64-Core 125 248
7.7% 125 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
CPU 0, 2 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
34.8% Below average
Memory 65.4
1-Core 10.6
2-Core 23.8
27% 33.3 Pts
4-Core 25.8
8-Core 36.2
4% 31 Pts
64-Core 32.4
2% 32.4 Pts
CPU 0, 2 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
23.2% Poor
Memory 26.9
1-Core 66.2
2-Core 101
35% 64.8 Pts
4-Core 120
8-Core 76.6
14% 98.2 Pts
64-Core 120
7% 120 Pts

 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,880,885 CPUs tested

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Gaming
Gaming 45%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 50%
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Workstation
Workstation 35%
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System: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009)

CPU
CPU: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12500H1stBench 31%, 5 samples1x
GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples37x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia  $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples29x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples28x
SSD
HARDDISK 2TBQemuBench 65%, 24 samples19x
HARDDISK 500GBQemuBench 59%, 94 samples18x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples16x
RAM
1x16GBQEMUBench 91%, 3,887 samples140x
1x8GBQEMUBench 78%, 5,342 samples73x
1x12GBQEMUBench 78%, 4,175 samples66x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Good Total price: $485

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