Intel Core i5-12450H vs AMD A12-9720P

Comparative analysis of Intel Core i5-12450H and AMD A12-9720P processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-12450H

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
  • Around 22% higher clock speed: 4.40 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
  • Around 11% higher maximum core temperature: 100°C vs 90 °C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 28 nm
  • 5x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3324 vs 1306
  • 6.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 16490 vs 2638
Specifications (specs)
Launch date Jan 2022 vs 1 June 2016
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 4
Maximum frequency 4.40 GHz vs 3.6 GHz
Maximum core temperature 100°C vs 90 °C
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 28 nm
L2 cache 10 MB vs 2 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3324 vs 1306
PassMark - CPU mark 16490 vs 2638

Reasons to consider the AMD A12-9720P

  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Core i5-12450H
CPU 2: AMD A12-9720P

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3324
1306
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
16490
2638
Name Intel Core i5-12450H AMD A12-9720P
PassMark - Single thread mark 3324 1306
PassMark - CPU mark 16490 2638
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 5123
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 397
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 9.334
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 130.347
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 17.054
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 44.985
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1403
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 1857
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6187
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1403
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 1857
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6187

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Core i5-12450H AMD A12-9720P

Essentials

Architecture codename Alder Lake Bristol Ridge
Launch date Jan 2022 1 June 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $342
Place in performance rating 735 1301
Processor Number i5-12450H
Series 12th Generation Intel Core i5 Processors AMD Bristol Ridge
Vertical segment Mobile Laptop

Performance

64 bit support
L1 cache 640 KB
L2 cache 10 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 12 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 28 nm
Maximum core temperature 100°C 90 °C
Maximum frequency 4.40 GHz 3.6 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 12 4
Die size 250 mm
Transistor count 3100 Million

Memory

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

Graphics

Device ID 0x46A3
Execution Units 48
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics for 12th Gen Intel Processors

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

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 50 x 25
Sockets supported FCBGA1744 FP4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt 15 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 28

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
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
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
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)