Intel Core i5-12600 vs Intel Core i5-14450HX

Core i5-12600 vs Core i5-14450HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-14450HX beats the Core i5-12600 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-12600 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-14450HX has significantly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i5-12600 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-12600 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14450HX. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds.

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 i5-12600 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.