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Intel Atom C3958 vs Intel Core i5-12500H
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Atom C3958
20 %
16C / 16T · 2.00 GHz
Intel Core i5-12500H
100 %
12C / 16T · 4.50 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Atom C3958
42 %
16C / 16T · 2.00 GHz
Intel Core i5-12500H
100 %
12C / 16T · 3.20 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
251 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Atom C3958 | Intel Core i5-12500H |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Atom (108) | Intel Core i5 (336) |
| CPU group | Intel Atom C3000 (20) | Intel Core i 12000H (23) |
| Architecture | Denverton | Alder Lake H |
| Technology | 14 nm | 10 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 1310 | BGA 1744 |
| Predecessor | Intel Core i5-11500H | |
| Successor | Intel Core i5-13500H |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Atom C3958 | Intel Core i5-12500H |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 16 / 16 | 12 / 16 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 16x 2.00 GHz |
4x Golden Cove 2.80 - 4.50 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 8x Gracemont 1.80 - 3.30 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 16.00 MB | 9.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 18.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Atom C3958 | Intel Core i5-12500H |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) |
| GPU frequency | 0.40 - 1.30 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 80 / 640 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 4 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | |
| Technology | 10 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2022 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Atom C3958 | Intel Core i5-12500H |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Intel Atom C3958 | Intel Core i5-12500H |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s) | LPDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 256 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 16 | 4.0 x 28 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 15.8 GB/s | 55.1 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Atom C3958 | Intel Core i5-12500H |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 31 W | 45 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 115 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Atom C3958 | Intel Core i5-12500H |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ |
| Release date | Q3/2017 | Q1/2022 |
| Release price | 449 $ | 311 $ |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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