Intel Core i5-8265U vs Intel Core i5-12450H

Core i5-8265U vs Core i5-12450H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12450H beats the Core i5-8265U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-8265U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12450H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-8265U. Indeed, the Core i5-12450H has 8 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i5-8265U. It also has more threads than the Core i5-8265U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-12450H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-8265U. Also, the Core i5-12450H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-8265U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-12450H CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-12450H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-8265U. The Core i5-12450H also has significantly 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 i5-8265U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.