Intel Core i5-12450H vs Intel Core i3-1215U

Core i5-12450H vs Core i3-1215U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12450H performs better than the Core i3-1215U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1215U in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-12450H has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i3-1215U that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1215U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-12450H has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-1215U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i3-1215U outputs less heat than Core i5-12450H thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i3-1215U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-12450H. Despite this, the Core i5-12450H has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i3-1215U.

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 i5-12450H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.