Intel Core i5-12450H vs Intel Core i9-14900KF

Core i5-12450H vs Core i9-14900KF comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-14900KF beats the Core i5-12450H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12450H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-14900KF has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12450H. Indeed, the Core i9-14900KF has 24 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 i9-14900KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450H. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-14900KF has more L2 cache than the Core i5-12450H. The Core i9-14900KF 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.