Intel Core i5-11260H vs Intel Core i5-12500T

Core i5-11260H vs Core i5-12500T comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-11260H beats the Core i5-12500T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12500T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-11260H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12500T. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Core i5-12500T outputs less heat than Core i5-11260H thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-11260H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.