Intel Core i5-12500H vs Intel Core i5-11400H. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000H Intel Core i 11000H
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  12 11
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i5-11500H --

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.

• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• Frequency
  2.50 GHz 2.70 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.50 GHz 4.50 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No

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 (Alder Lake) Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (16 EU)
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.30 GHz 1.45 GHz
• Execution units
  80 16
• Shader
  640 128
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB --
• Max. displays
  4 3
• Generation
  13 11
• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q2/2021

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
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• 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 i5-11400H and Intel Core i5-12500H. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200 DDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• ECC
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-12500H and Intel Core i5-11400H to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

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

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

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L2-Cache
  9.00 MB 5.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  18.00 MB 12.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake H Tiger Lake H
• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Socket
  BGA 1744 BGA 1787
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q2/2021