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

Core i5-13450HX vs Core i5-12600H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-13450HX is faster than the Core i5-12600H. Despite this, the Core i5-12600H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12600H has slightly more cores than the Core i5-13450HX. Indeed, the Core i5-12600H has 12 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-13450HX. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12600H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13450HX. Despite this, the Core i5-13450HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-13450HX has more L2 cache than the Core i5-12600H. The Core i5-13450HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i5-13450HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.