Core i7-10700F vs Core i5-12450HX comparison
In our benchmarks, the Core i7-10700F beats the Core i5-12450HX in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i5-12450HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.
When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-10700F has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-10700F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450HX. Also, the Core i7-10700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12450HX outputs less heat than Core i7-10700F thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i5-12450HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-10700F. Despite this, the Core i7-10700F has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i5-12450HX.
Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-10700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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