Intel Core i5-12500H vs Intel Core i7-4790K. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i7
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000H Intel Core i 4000
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Generation
  12 4
• 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 4.00 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.50 GHz 4.40 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes

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 HD Graphics 4600
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.30 GHz 1.25 GHz
• Execution units
  80 20
• Shader
  640 160
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 2 GB
• Max. displays
  4 3
• Generation
  13 7.5
• Technology
  10 nm 22 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q2/2013

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No
• AV1
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i7-4790K and Intel Core i5-12500H. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• ECC
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-12500H and Intel Core i7-4790K to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  45 W 88 W
• TDP (PL2)
  115 W --
• Tjunction max.
  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
• L2-Cache
  9.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  18.00 MB 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake H Devils Canyon S
• Technology
  10 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Socket
  BGA 1744 LGA 1150
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q2/2014