[Comparison] AMD Ryzen 5 6600H vs Intel Core i5-12500H – High wattage chips are Intel’s domain

LaptopMedia.com Comparisons [Comparison] AMD Ryzen 5 6600H vs Intel Core i5-12500H - High wattage chips are Intel's domain

From: Severin Kolakov 23 September 2022 / 08:10 | 0

Intel has come out of the woodwork swinging with its mid-range Core i5-12500H, which is performing like a beast, sitting close to flagship CPUs from AMD and last-gen Intel CPUs. AMD’s new Ryzen 5 6600H is Team Red’s mid-range option from the latest 6000H-series.

What better way to see how things stand than to compare Intel’s mid-range option to AMD’s answer? The winner of this might just be inside your next laptop, so read carefully.

Here is our Top Laptop CPU Ranking, which has the best laptop CPUs in a list, based on performance.

Today we are comparing the AMD Ryzen 5 6600H against the Intel Core i5-12500H.

You can find more information about both CPUs here: AMD Ryzen 5 6600H / Intel Core i5-12500H

Specs table

	AMD Ryzen 5 6600H	Intel Core i5-12500H
Architecture	Zen 3+	Alder Lake H
Cores / Threads	6/12	12/16
Clock Speeds – Base/Boost	3.30 – 4.50 GHz	1.80 – 4.50 GHz
Cache	19MB	18MB
Lithography	6nm	10nm
TDP	45W	45W
Memory type	DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-5200	DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-5200, DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4267
Integrated GPU	AMD Radeon 660M	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU)

CPU benchmarks

The Core i5 completely destroys the Ryzen 5, scoring 45% higher in 3D Rendering and being two seconds quicker in Photoshop.

3D Rendering

Results are from the Cinebench R23 CPU test (the higher the score, the better)

AMD Ryzen 5 6600H Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15

10305

Intel Core i5-12500H Acer Nitro 5

$665^.46

14704

Conclusion

The Core i5 is a total killer, performing like a Core i7, while not being as expensive. It’s crazy how much Intel has improved in a single generation and now the ball’s in AMD’s corner, whose 6000H-series needs to hold down the fort for a few months before we see Ryzen 7000’s arrival. What they can do now is lower their prices a bit and offer better value for money, since the price will always be the deciding factor.