Intel Core i5-12600K vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Core i5-12600K vs Core Ultra 5 225 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12600K beats the Core Ultra 5 225 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i5-12600K has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-12600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 225. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-12600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.