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Intel Core i9-12900H vs Intel Core i5-13500. Specifications, performance, tests

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Intel Core i9-12900H
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What's the best choice Intel Core i9-12900H or Intel Core i5-13500? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Core i9-12900H has a base frequency of 2.50 GHz. 14 / 20 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 45 W. Released in Q1/2022.

Intel Core i5-13500 has a base frequency of 2.50 GHz (5.20 GHz). 14 / 20 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 65 W. Released in Q1/2023.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    46 left arrow place
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 4% higher specified turbo frequency

    5.00 GHz left arrow 4.80 GHz
  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    45 W left arrow 65 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i9-12900H CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
    25 place
  • Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
    59 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)
    22 place
  • Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)
    52 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    17 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    71 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    74 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    72 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    59 place

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Core i5-13500 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    422 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
Intel Core i5-13500 Intel Core i5-13500
CPU family and group

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

  • CPU group
    Intel Core i 12000H left arrow Intel Core i 13000
  • Family
    Intel Core i9 left arrow 13th Generation Intel Core i5 Processors
  • Generation
    12 left arrow 13
  • Predecessor
    Intel Core i9-11900H left arrow Intel Core i5-12500
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Desktop
  • Processor Number
    - left arrow i5-13500
CPU Technical specs

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

  • A-Core
    6x Golden Cove left arrow 6x Raptor Cove
  • B-Core
    8x Gracemont left arrow 8x Gracemont
  • Base Frequency
    2.5 GHz left arrow -
  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • CPU Cores
    14 left arrow 14
  • CPU Threads
    20 left arrow 20
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    5 GHz left arrow -
  • Turbo Frequency (14 Cores)
    3.8 GHz left arrow -
  • A-Core Frequency
    - left arrow 2.50 GHz (5.20 GHz)
  • B-Core Frequency
    - left arrow 2.80 GHz (4.00 GHz)
  • E-core Base Clock
    - left arrow 1.8 GHz
  • E-core Max Turbo
    - left arrow 3.5 GHz
  • Efficient Cores
    - left arrow 8
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 4.8 GHz
  • P-core Base Clock
    - left arrow 2.5 GHz
  • P-core Max Turbo
    - left arrow 4.8 GHz
  • Performance Cores
    - left arrow 6
IGPU

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
    12.1 left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    96 left arrow 32
  • Generation
    13 left arrow 11
  • GPU Frequency
    400 MHz left arrow 300 MHz
  • GPU name
    Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) left arrow Intel UHD Graphics 770
  • GPU Turbo
    1450 MHz left arrow 1550 MHz
  • Max. displays
    4 left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    64 GB left arrow 64 GB
  • Release date
    Q1/2022 left arrow Q4/2021
  • Shader
    768 left arrow 256
  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow 10 nm
  • Graphics Base Frequency
    - left arrow 300 MHz
  • Graphics Output
    - left arrow eDP 1.4b, DP 1.4a, HDMI 2.1
Hardware codec support

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

  • AV1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • H.264 / AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-13500 and Intel Core i9-12900H. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    No left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    64 GB left arrow 192 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200 left arrow Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s
  • PCIe
    4.0 x 28 left arrow 5.0 x 20
  • Memory Bandwidth
    - left arrow 89.6 GB/s
  • PCIe lanes
    - left arrow 20
  • PCIe version
    - left arrow 5.0 and 4.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-12900H and Intel Core i5-13500 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 left arrow 100 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    45 W left arrow 65 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    115 W left arrow 117 W
  • Maximum Turbo Power
    - left arrow 154 W
  • Processor Base Power (PBP)
    - left arrow 65 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-12900H and Intel Core i5-13500, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Alder Lake H left arrow Alder Lake S Refresh
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ left arrow SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
  • L2-Cache
    11.5 MB left arrow Conflicting source values: 11.5 MB (Total cache capacity) | 20 MB
  • L3-Cache
    24 MB left arrow 24 MB
  • Release date
    Q1/2022 left arrow Q1/2023
  • Socket
    BGA 1744 left arrow FCLGA1700
  • Technology
    10 nm left arrow Intel 7 (Manufacturer process designation)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
  • Cache (manufacturer label)
    - left arrow 24 MB Intel Smart Cache
  • Chip design
    - left arrow Monolithic
  • Codename
    - left arrow Products formerly Raptor Lake
  • Marketing Status (manufacturer label)
    - left arrow Launched
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
  • Use Conditions
    - left arrow PC/Client/Tablet, Workstation

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Shared tests with results for both models: 6

Blender Cycles

Each row uses one Blender version, operating system and compute backend.

Test and settingsIntel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i5-13500Result difference¹
Blender 4.5.0 / CPU / Windows 159.549039 samples/min Submissions: 20 261.585647 samples/min Submissions: 20 +64.0 %
Blender 4.4.0 / CPU / Windows 189.264863 samples/min Submissions: 15 255.149947 samples/min Submissions: 6 +34.8 %
Blender 4.3.0 / CPU / Windows 171.04592 samples/min Submissions: 8 215.962394 samples/min Submissions: 11 +26.3 %
Blender 4.2.0 / CPU / Windows 189.125975 samples/min Submissions: 23 248.528431 samples/min Submissions: 31 +31.4 %
Blender 4.1.0 / CPU / Windows 207.663846 samples/min Submissions: 10 265.346667 samples/min Submissions: 20 +27.8 %
Blender 4.0.0 / CPU / Windows 191.400675 samples/min Submissions: 41 242.080704 samples/min Submissions: 75 +26.5 %

¹ Difference of the second result relative to the first in that row. No percentage is calculated for different upscaling algorithms. This compares published results, not a universal performance index.

Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

Intel Core i9-12900H

Intel Core i5-13500

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 17 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
Intel Core i5-13500 7227.73136 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 17 threads / windows
System RAM: 16 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. / MAG B760 TOMAHAWK WIFI (MS-7D96)
Duration: 138.356 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 17 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
Intel Core i9-12900H 5800.194887 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 17 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. / GU603ZW
Duration: 172.408 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Core i9-12900H and Intel Core i5-13500.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

2223.000000
Intel Core i9-12900H
742.000000
Intel Core i5-13500

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