Intel Core i5-12450HX vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Core i5-12450HX vs Core Ultra 7 256V specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12450HX is faster than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores 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 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 256V has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-12450HX. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 i5-12450HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.