Intel Core i5-13420H vs Intel Core i5-12500H. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 13000H Intel Core i 12000H
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
• Generation
  13 12
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-12450H Intel Core i5-11500H
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  4x Raptor Cove 4x Golden Cove
• A-Core Frequency
  2.10 GHz (4.60 GHz) -
• B-Core
  4x Gracemont 8x Gracemont
• B-Core Frequency
  1.50 GHz (3.40 GHz) -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 12
• CPU Threads
  12 16
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Base Frequency
  - 2.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - 4.5 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
  - 3.2 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 12.1
• Execution units
  48 80
• Generation
  13 13
• GPU Frequency
  200 MHz 400 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (48 EU) Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
• GPU Turbo
  1200 MHz 1300 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 4
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 64 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q1/2022
• Shader
  384 640
• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  Decode Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-12500H and Intel Core i5-13420H. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 64 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  76.8 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-5200LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200
• PCIe
  5.0 x 28 4.0 x 28

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-13420H and Intel Core i5-12500H Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1 / PBP, legacy combined label)
  45 W -
• TDP (PL2)
  115 W 115 W
• TDP down
  35 W -
• TDP up
  95 W -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 45 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-13420H and Intel Core i5-12500H, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Raptor Lake H Alder Lake H
• Chip design
  Monolithic -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  - 9 MB
• L3-Cache
  12 MB 18 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux -
• Release date
  Q1/2023 Q1/2022
• Release price
  342 $ -
• Socket
  BGA 1744 BGA 1744
• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d