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Intel Core i5-12450H vs Apple M5 (10-CPU)
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i5-12450H
48 %
8C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 4.61 GHz
Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-12450H
47 %
8C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 4.61 GHz
Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i5-12450H
69 %
8C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 4.61 GHz
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-12450H
76 %
8C / 12T · 3.40 GHz
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 3.60 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i5-12450H
51 %
8C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 4.61 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-12450H
50 %
8C / 12T · 3.40 GHz
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
100 %
10C / 10T · 3.60 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Core i5-12450H
18 %
Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU)
Apple M5 (10-CPU)
100 %
Apple M5 (10 Core)
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
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 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
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Intel Core i5-12450H | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i5 (336) | Apple M series (38) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 12000H (23) | Apple M5 (6) |
| Architecture | Alder Lake H | M5 |
| Technology | 10 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 1744 | |
| Predecessor | Apple M4 (10-CPU) | |
| Successor | Intel Core i5-13420H |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Core i5-12450H | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 12 | 10 / 10 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Golden Cove 2.00 - 4.40 GHz |
4x P-Core 0.91 - 4.61 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Gracemont 1.50 - 3.30 GHz |
6x E-Core 0.90 - 3.05 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 7.00 MB | 28.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 12.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Core i5-12450H | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU) | Apple M5 (10 Core) |
| GPU frequency | 0.20 - 1.20 GHz | 0.34 - 1.90 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 48 / 384 | 160 / 1280 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 64 GB | 24 GB |
| Technology | 10 nm | 3 nm |
| Release date | Q2/2020 | Q4/2025 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Core i5-12450H | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
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| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 60 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Intel Core i5-12450H | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
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| Memory | LPDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-9600 (153.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 64 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 28 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 55.1 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core i5-12450H | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 45 W | 28 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 115 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 15 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Intel Core i5-12450H | Apple M5 (10-CPU) |
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| Chip design | Monolithic | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | macOS, iPadOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv9.2-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME |
| Release date | Q1/2022 | Q4/2025 |
| Release price | 311 $ | |
| Documents |
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