Intel Core i5-12450HX vs AMD Ryzen AI 5 340

Core i5-12450HX vs Ryzen AI 5 340 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12450HX performs better than the Ryzen AI 5 340. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen AI 5 340 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 AI 5 340 has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12450HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen AI 5 340. Despite this, the Ryzen AI 5 340 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen AI 5 340 outputs less heat than Core i5-12450HX thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-12450HX has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen AI 5 340. Despite this, the Ryzen AI 5 340 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.