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

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. Also, the Core i7-10700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12450HX outputs less heat than Core i7-10700K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. 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.