Intel Core i5-12450HX vs AMD Ryzen Z1

Core i5-12450HX vs Ryzen Z1 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12450HX beats the Ryzen Z1 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen Z1 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 Z1 has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen Z1 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450HX. Also, the Ryzen Z1 has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-12450HX has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen Z1. Despite this, the Ryzen Z1 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-12450HX.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-12450HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.