Intel Core i5-12400F vs Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

Core i5-12400F vs Core Ultra 7 258V benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12400F beats the Core Ultra 7 258V in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 258V in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 258V has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12400F. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 258V has 8 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12400F. Despite this, the Core i5-12400F has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 258V. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12400F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 258V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 258V has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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