Intel Core i5-12600KF vs Intel Core i5-13450HX

Core i5-12600KF vs Core i5-13450HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12600KF beats the Core i5-13450HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-13450HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12600KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13450HX. Also, the Core i5-12600KF has a slightly higher 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 i5-12600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.