Intel Core i5-12450H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7235HS

Core i5-12450H vs Ryzen 5 7235HS specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12450H performs better than the Ryzen 5 7235HS. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 5 7235HS in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12450H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 5 7235HS. Indeed, the Core i5-12450H has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Ryzen 5 7235HS. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7235HS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7235HS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450H. Despite this, the Core i5-12450H has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i5-12450H also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-12450H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.