Intel Core i5-12450HX vs AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G

Core i5-12450HX vs Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G is faster than the Core i5-12450HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12450HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-12450HX has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12450HX. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i5-12450HX CPU outputs less heat than a Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-12450HX has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 PRO 5655G has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-12450HX.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-12450HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.