Intel Core i5-12450HX vs Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 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

5938 points
1% slightly better overall score
5864 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8351 points
9087 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5219 points
6% slightly better multitasking score
4886 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5059 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
4689 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

131.60 points
20% slightly higher Blender score
109.57 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
49% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
14% slightly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
150% significantly more pcie lanes
8

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
700% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7 MiB
14 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

261st of 1,099
270th of 1,099

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 May
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-8533

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i5-12450HX vs Core Ultra 5 226V specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12450HX beats the Core Ultra 5 226V in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 226V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-12450HX has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12450HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 226V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 226V has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 226V has more L2 cache than the Core i5-12450HX. Despite this, the Core i5-12450HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 226V.

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

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