Intel Core i5-12500H vs Intel Core Ultra 7 165H

Core i5-12500H vs Core Ultra 7 165H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 165H performs better than the Core i5-12500H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12500H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 165H has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i5-12500H that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12500H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-12500H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 165H. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 165H has more L2 cache than the Core i5-12500H. The Core Ultra 7 165H also has slightly 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.