AMD Ryzen 5 7520U vs Intel Core i5-12500TE. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  AMD Ryzen 7000U Intel Core i 12000
• Family
  Ryzen Intel Core i5
• Form Factor
  Laptops / Desktops -
• Generation
  6 12
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Series
  Ryzen 7000 Series -

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

• Base Frequency
  2.8 GHz 1.9 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  4x Zen 2 -
• CPU Cores
  4 6
• CPU Threads
  8 12
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Max. Boost Clock
  4.3 GHz -
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.3 GHz 4.3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.4 GHz -
• A-Core
  - 6x Golden Cove
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 3 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
• Execution units
  2 32
• Generation
  9 11
• GPU Frequency
  1900 MHz 300 MHz
• GPU name
  AMD Radeon 610M Intel UHD Graphics 770
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1450 MHz
• Graphics Cores
  2 -
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB -
• Release date
  Q3/2022 Q4/2021
• Shader
  128 256
• Technology
  6 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 / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-12500TE and AMD Ryzen 5 7520U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 128 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  44 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR5 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• PCIe
  PCIe 3.0 5.0 x 20

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Ryzen 5 7520U and Intel Core i5-12500TE Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Default TDP
  15 W -
• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 35 W
• TDP (PL2)
  - 74 W
• TDP down
  8 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Ryzen 5 7520U and Intel Core i5-12500TE, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Mendocino (Zen 2) Alder Lake S
• Chip design
  Chiplet -
• Codename
  Mendocino -
• Documents
  Technical data sheet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  2 MB 7.5 MB
• L3-Cache
  4 MB 18 MB
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux -
• Part Number
  100-000000770 -
• Release date
  2022-09-20 Q1/2022
• Socket
  FT6 LGA 1700
• Technology
  TSMC 6nm FinFET 10 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d