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

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 6600HIntel Core i5-12500H
ArchitectureZen 3+Alder Lake H
Cores / Threads6/1212/16
Clock Speeds – Base/Boost3.30 – 4.50 GHz1.80 – 4.50 GHz
Cache19MB18MB
Lithography6nm10nm
TDP45W45W
Memory type

DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-5200

DDR5-4800, LPDDR5-5200, DDR4-3200, LPDDR4x-4267
Integrated GPUAMD Radeon 660MIntel 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.

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

Results are from our Photoshop benchmark test (the lower the score, the better)


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.

All laptops with the AMD Ryzen 5 6600H:


All laptops with the Intel Core i5-12500H:

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