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

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6751 points

13% slightly better overall score

5938 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8301 points

8351 points

0.60% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6232 points

19% slightly better multitasking score

5219 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6087 points

20% slightly better heavy workload score

5059 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

177.76 points

35% slightly higher Blender score

131.60 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.8 GHz

58% significantly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz

15% slightly higher turbo speed

4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W

55 W

127% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

640 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

7 MiB

250% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

207th of 1,089

255th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7

12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-10700K vs Core i5-12450HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10700K is faster than the Core i5-12450HX. 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 i7-10700K has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-10700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450HX. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i5-12450HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700K. Despite this, the Core i7-10700K 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 i7-10700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.