Intel Core i7-12700F vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225F

Core i7-12700F vs Core Ultra 5 225F benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700F beats the Core Ultra 5 225F in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12700F has slightly more cores with 12 cores compared to the Core Ultra 5 225F that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225F. According to our data, the Core i7-12700F and Core Ultra 5 225F have the same clock speed. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed.

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