Intel Core i5-11300H vs Intel Core i9-12900H. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i9
• Generation
  11 12
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 11000H Intel Core i 12000H
• Predecessor
  -- Intel Core i9-11900H

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.10 GHz 2.50 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.40 GHz 5.00 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)

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

• GPU name
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Tiger Lake G7) Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz 0.40 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.30 GHz 1.45 GHz
• Execution units
  80 96
• Shader
  640 768
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB 64 GB
• Max. displays
  4 4
• Generation
  12 13
• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q1/2022

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• AV1
  Decode Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-12900H and Intel Core i5-11300H. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200LPDDR4X-4266 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 64 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-11300H and Intel Core i9-12900H to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  35 W 45 W
• TDP (PL2)
  -- 115 W
• TDP down
  28 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-11300H and Intel Core i5-11300H, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  5.00 MB 11.50 MB
• L3-Cache
  8.00 MB 24.00 MB
• Architecture
  Tiger Lake H Alder Lake H
• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1526 BGA 1744
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q1/2022