Intel Core i5-12400F vs Intel Core Ultra 7 265K

Core i5-12400F vs Core Ultra 7 265K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 265K beats the Core i5-12400F in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12400F in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 265K has significantly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Core i5-12400F that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12400F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 265K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12400F. Also, the Core Ultra 7 265K 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.