Intel Core i5-12450H vs Intel Core i5-13500H

Core i5-12450H vs Core i5-13500H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13500H beats the Core i5-12450H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-12450H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-13500H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12450H. Indeed, the Core i5-13500H has 12 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i5-12450H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12450H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-13500H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450H. Also, the Core i5-13500H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13500H has more L2 cache than the Core i5-12450H. The Core i5-13500H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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