Intel Core i5 12600H 's Advantages
Released 3 years and 9 months late
Better graphics card performance
Higher specification of memory (5200 vs 2666)
Larger memory bandwidth (76.8GB/s vs 41.6GB/s)
Newer PCIe version (4.0 vs 3.0)
Larger L3 cache size (18MB vs 9MB)
More modern manufacturing process (10nm vs 14nm)
Lower TDP (45W vs 65W)
Intel Core i5 8500 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.0GHz vs 2.7GHz)