Intel Processor N95 vs Intel Core i5-12500H

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Intel Processor N95 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-12500H
Intel Processor N95 Intel Core i5-12500H

CPU comparison

Intel Processor N95 or Intel Core i5-12500H - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Processor N95 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to 16 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Intel Processor N95 was released in Q1/2023.

The Intel Core i5-12500H has 12 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-12500H was released in Q1/2022.
Intel Processor N (5) Family Intel Core i5 (331)
Intel Processor N50/N100/N200 (5) CPU group Intel Core i 12000H (23)
13 Generation 12
Alder Lake N Architecture Alder Lake H
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Intel Core i5-11500H
-- Successor Intel Core i5-13500H

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Processor N95 is a 4 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz (3.40 GHz). The Intel Core i5-12500H has 12 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.80 GHz (4.50 GHz).
Intel Processor N95 Characteristic Intel Core i5-12500H
4 Cores 12
4 Threads 16
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz (3.40 GHz)
4x Gracemont		 A-Core 2.80 GHz (4.50 GHz)
4x Golden Cove
-- B-Core 1.80 GHz (3.30 GHz)
8x Gracemont

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Processor N95 Characteristic Intel Core i5-12500H
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
Intel UHD Graphics 16 EUs (Alder Lake) GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
1.20 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.30 GHz
12 GPU Generation 13
10 nm Technology 10 nm
3 Max. displays 4
16 Compute units 80
128 Shader 640
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
8 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
12.1 DirectX Version 12.1

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
Intel UHD Graphics 16 EUs (Alder Lake) GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
Decode Codec AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Processor N95 supports a maximum of 16 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-12500H can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Processor N95 Characteristic Intel Core i5-12500H
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
16 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
38.4 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 83.2 GB/s
No ECC No
4.00 MB L2 Cache 9.00 MB
6.00 MB L3 Cache 18.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version 4.0
9 PCIe lanes 28
8.9 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 55.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Processor N95 has a TDP of 15 W, that of the Intel Core i5-12500H is 45 W.
Intel Processor N95 Characteristic Intel Core i5-12500H
15 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
-- TDP (PL2) 115 W
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
105 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Processor N95 has a 10.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i5-12500H cache has a total of 27.00 MB.
Intel Processor N95 Characteristic Intel Core i5-12500H
10 nm Technology 10 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2 ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
BGA Socket BGA 1744
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2023 Release date Q1/2022
-- Release price 311 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
Intel Processor N95 (56%)
Intel Core i5-12500H (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 6 CPU benchmarks
Intel Processor N95 (25%)
Intel Core i5-12500H (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Processor N95 Intel Processor N95
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
58 (57%)
Intel Core i5-12500H Intel Core i5-12500H
12C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
102 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Processor N95 Intel Processor N95
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
184 (34%)
Intel Core i5-12500H Intel Core i5-12500H
12C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
546 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Processor N95 Intel Processor N95
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
918 (53%)
Intel Core i5-12500H Intel Core i5-12500H
12C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
1722 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Processor N95 Intel Processor N95
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
2724 (19%)
Intel Core i5-12500H Intel Core i5-12500H
12C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
14017 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Processor N95 Intel Processor N95
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1028 (61%)
Intel Core i5-12500H Intel Core i5-12500H
12C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
1674 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Processor N95 Intel Processor N95
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
2649 (27%)
Intel Core i5-12500H Intel Core i5-12500H
12C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
9780 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Processor N95 Intel Processor N95
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1158 (52%)
Intel Core i5-12500H Intel Core i5-12500H
12C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
2241 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Processor N95 Intel Processor N95
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
2857 (29%)
Intel Core i5-12500H Intel Core i5-12500H
12C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
9961 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Processor N95 Intel Processor N95
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
1041 (18%)
Intel Core i5-12500H Intel Core i5-12500H
12C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
5688 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Processor N95 Intel Processor N95
Intel UHD Graphics 16 EUs (Alder Lake) @ 1.20 GHz
307 (19%)
Intel Core i5-12500H Intel Core i5-12500H
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) @ 1.30 GHz
1611 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Processor N95 Intel Processor N95
4C 4T @ 3.20 GHz
5495 (25%)
Intel Core i5-12500H Intel Core i5-12500H
12C 16T @ 3.20 GHz
21625 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Processor N95 Intel Processor N95
4C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
349 (100%)
Intel Core i5-12500H Intel Core i5-12500H
12C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
Intel Processor N95 Intel Processor N95
2,724 CB R23 MC @ 15 W
182 (100%)
Intel Core i5-12500H Intel Core i5-12500H
2.80 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
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