Intel Core i7-10700 vs Intel Core i5-12450HX

Core i7-10700 vs Core i5-12450HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12450HX beats the Core i7-10700 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10700 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-10700 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-10700 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450HX. The info from our database shows that the Core i5-12450HX has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700. Despite this, the Core i7-10700 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-12450HX.

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 i7-10700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.