Intel Core i5-12600K vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Core i5-12600K vs Core Ultra 5 125H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12600K is faster than the Core Ultra 5 125H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 125H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 125H has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12600K. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has 14 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-12600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600K. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12600K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 125H. Also, the Core i5-12600K has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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