Intel Core i5-12500H vs Intel Core 5 120U

Core i5-12500H vs Core 5 120U specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12500H beats the Core 5 120U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 5 120U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12500H has slightly more cores than the Core 5 120U. Indeed, the Core i5-12500H has 12 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core 5 120U. It also has more threads than the Core 5 120U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-12500H has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core 5 120U. In terms of cache, the Core 5 120U has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-12500H. Despite this, the Core i5-12500H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core 5 120U.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-12500H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.