Intel Core i5-10505 vs Intel Core i7-12800H

Core i5-10505 vs Core i7-12800H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12800H performs better than the Core i5-10505. Despite this, the Core i5-10505 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12800H has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i5-10505 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-10505. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-10505 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800H. Despite this, the Core i7-12800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12800H outputs less heat than Core i5-10505 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-10505 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.