Intel Core i7-12700 vs Intel Core Ultra 5 235

Core i7-12700 vs Core Ultra 5 235 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 235 beats the Core i7-12700 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12700 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 5 235 has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i7-12700 that has 12 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-12700 has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 235. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 235 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700.

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 i7-12700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.