Intel Core i5-12450H vs Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

5248 points
8045 points
53% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7843 points
9968 points
27% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4484 points
7475 points
66% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4327 points
7363 points
70% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5258 points
7814 points
48% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

113.50 points
208.48 points
83% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
22
83% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
2.5 GHz
25% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
5.1 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
Identical
28

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
96 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
18 MiB
800% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
24 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

318th of 1,089
148th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-12450H vs Core Ultra 9 185H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 185H is faster than the Core i5-12450H. 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 Ultra 9 185H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12450H. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 185H has 16 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 Ultra 9 185H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450H. Also, the Core Ultra 9 185H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 185H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-12450H. The Core Ultra 9 185H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.

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