AMD Ryzen 5 8500G vs Intel Core i5-12600HE

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 5 8500G and Intel Core i5-12600HE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 5 8500G

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 4 nm vs 7 nm
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3916 vs 3772
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 8 Jan 2024 vs Jan 2022
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 7 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3916 vs 3772

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-12600HE

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 6
  • 4 more threads: 16 vs 12
  • Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 95°C
  • 2.5x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.5x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 13% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 24599 vs 21739
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 12 vs 6
Number of threads 16 vs 12
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 95°C
L1 cache 960 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 15 MB vs 1 MB (per core)
L3 cache 18 MB vs 16 MB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 24599 vs 21739

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 5 8500G
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-12600HE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3916
3772
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
21739
24599
Name AMD Ryzen 5 8500G Intel Core i5-12600HE
PassMark - Single thread mark 3916 3772
PassMark - CPU mark 21739 24599

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Ryzen 5 8500G Intel Core i5-12600HE

Essentials

Launch date 8 Jan 2024 Jan 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $346
Place in performance rating 234 245
Architecture codename Alder Lake
Processor Number i5-12600HE
Series 12th Generation Intel Core i5 Processors
Vertical segment Embedded

Performance

Base frequency 3.5 GHz
Die size 137 mm²
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) 960 KB
L2 cache 1 MB (per core) 15 MB
L3 cache 16 MB (shared) 18 MB
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 7 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 100°C
Maximum frequency 5 GHz
Number of cores 6 12
Number of threads 12 16
Transistor count 20,900 million
Unlocked
64 bit support

Memory

ECC memory support
Supported memory types DDR5 Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s Up to LPDDR5 5200 MT/s Up to LPDDR4x 4267 MT/s
Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory size 64 GB

Compatibility

Configurable TDP 45 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM5 FCBGA1744
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 45 Watt
Package Size 50 mm x 25 mm

Peripherals

PCIe configurations Gen 4, 14 Lanes, (CPU only)
Max number of PCIe lanes 28

Graphics

Device ID 0x46A6
Execution Units 80
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.30 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics eligible

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 4

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096 x 2304 @ 120Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12.1
OpenGL 4.6

Security & Reliability

Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)