Intel Core i7-12700K vs Intel Core i5-1235U

Core i7-12700K vs Core i5-1235U benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700K beats the Core i5-1235U in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-1235U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12700K has slightly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i5-1235U has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-1235U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-1235U. Also, the Core i7-12700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-1235U outputs less heat than Core i7-12700K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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