Intel Core i5-12490F vs Intel Core Ultra 7 155H

Compare Intel 6 core CPU vs Intel 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7213 points
1% slightly better overall score
7084 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10096 points
9% slightly better gaming score
9220 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6311 points
6469 points
2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6106 points
6362 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5956 points
6426 points
7% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

160.34 points
0.25% slightly higher Blender score
159.93 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
16
166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
22
83% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
114% significantly higher clock speed
1.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4.8 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7.5 MiB
18 MiB
139% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
24 MiB
20% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

177th of 1,089
186th of 1,089

Family

The product line

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Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

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No

Core i5-12490F vs Core Ultra 7 155H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12490F beats the Core Ultra 7 155H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 155H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 7 155H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12490F. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 155H has 16 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i5-12490F. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12490F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-12490F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 155H. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 155H has more L2 cache than the Core i5-12490F. The Core Ultra 7 155H 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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