Intel Core i5-10600KF vs Intel Core i5-12450H

Core i5-10600KF vs Core i5-12450H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-10600KF performs better than the Core i5-12450H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12450H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12450H has slightly more cores than the Core i5-10600KF. Indeed, the Core i5-12450H has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-10600KF. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-10600KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450H. Also, the Core i5-10600KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12450H outputs less heat than Core i5-10600KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-12450H has more L2 cache than the Core i5-10600KF. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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 i5-10600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.