Intel Core i5-12450H vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Core i5-12450H vs Core Ultra 5 125H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 125H 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i5-12450H that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12450H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 5 125H has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12450H. Also, the Core Ultra 5 125H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-12450H. The Core Ultra 5 125H 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.