Intel Core i5-12400 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 165H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7038 points
0.89% slightly better overall score
6976 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9694 points
0.56% slightly better gaming score
9640 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6210 points
0.18% slightly better multitasking score
6199 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6013 points
0.03% slightly better heavy workload score
6011 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.62 points
193.42 points
17% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
16
166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
22
83% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
78% significantly higher clock speed
1.4 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
24 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

190th of 1,089
196th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
No

Core i5-12400 vs Core Ultra 7 165H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12400 is faster than the Core Ultra 7 165H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 165H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 165H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12400. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 165H has 16 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12400. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-12400 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 165H.

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 i5-12400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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