Intel Core i5-12600K vs Intel Core Ultra 5 245K

Core i5-12600K vs Core Ultra 5 245K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 245K beats the Core i5-12600K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12600K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 245K has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i5-12600K that has 10 cores. Despite this, the Core i5-12600K has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 245K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 5 245K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12600K. Also, the Core Ultra 5 245K 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.