Intel Core i5-8250U vs Intel Core i9-12900KF

Core i5-8250U vs Core i9-12900KF specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900KF performs better than the Core i5-8250U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8250U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900KF has significantly more cores than the Core i5-8250U. Indeed, the Core i9-12900KF has 16 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-8250U. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8250U. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-12900KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-8250U. Also, the Core i9-12900KF has a significantly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8250U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-12900KF CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i5-8250U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.