Intel Core i5-12500H vs Intel Core i7-1260U

Core i5-12500H vs Core i7-1260U specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12500H performs better than the Core i7-1260U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-1260U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-12500H has slightly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-1260U has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-1260U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-12500H has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-1260U. Despite this, the Core i7-1260U has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-1260U outputs less heat than Core i5-12500H thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-1260U has more L2 cache than the Core i5-12500H. Despite this, the Core i5-12500H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-1260U.

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.