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

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

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700K 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 i7-12700K 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. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 225F. Also, the Core i7-12700K has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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.