Core i5-12490F vs Core 7 240H benchmarks
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12490F performs better than the Core 7 240H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 7 240H in all gaming tests too.
In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core 7 240H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12490F. Indeed, the Core 7 240H has 10 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12490F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12490F. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-12490F has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core 7 240H. Despite this, the Core 7 240H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core 7 240H has more L2 cache than the Core i5-12490F. The Core 7 240H also has slightly more L3 cache.
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 i5-12490F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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