Intel Core i5-12490F vs Intel Core i7-12800H

Core i5-12490F vs Core i7-12800H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12490F performs better than the Core i7-12800H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12800H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12800H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12490F. Indeed, the Core i7-12800H has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12490F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12490F. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12490F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800H. Despite this, the Core i7-12800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12800H outputs less heat than Core i5-12490F 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 i5-12490F has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-12800H. Despite this, the Core i7-12800H has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-12490F.

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.