Intel Core i5-12450HX vs Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

Core i5-12450HX vs Core Ultra 7 258V benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12450HX beats the Core Ultra 7 258V in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 258V 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. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-12450HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 258V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 258V has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 258V has 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.