Intel Core i5-12450HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 7745HX

Core i5-12450HX vs Ryzen 7 7745HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 7 7745HX beats the Core i5-12450HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12450HX in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 7 7745HX has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 7745HX has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450HX. Also, the Ryzen 7 7745HX 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. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 7745HX has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i5-12450HX. The Ryzen 7 7745HX also has significantly more 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.