Intel Core i5-12500H vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX

Core i5-12500H vs Core Ultra 7 255HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 7 255HX 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 255HX has significantly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Core i5-12500H 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 slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 255HX. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 255HX has more L2 cache than the Core i5-12500H. The Core Ultra 7 255HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i5-12500H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.