Intel Core i7-1165G7 vs Intel Core i5-12450HX

Core i7-1165G7 vs Core i5-12450HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12450HX beats the Core i7-1165G7 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-1165G7 in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-12450HX has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-1165G7 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-1165G7. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-1165G7 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450HX. Also, the Core i7-1165G7 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-1165G7 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-12450HX CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-1165G7 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.