Intel Core i5-12500H vs Intel Core i7-14700T

Core i5-12500H vs Core i7-14700T benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-14700T beats the Core i5-12500H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12500H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700T has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12500H. Indeed, the Core i7-14700T has 20 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i5-12500H. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12500H. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12500H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700T. Despite this, the Core i7-14700T has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-14700T has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-12500H. The Core i7-14700T also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.