Intel Core i7-12700K vs Intel Core Ultra 5 245K

Core i7-12700K vs Core Ultra 5 245K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 245K is faster than the Core i7-12700K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12700K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 5 245K has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i7-12700K has 12 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-12700K has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 245K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 245K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700K. Also, the Core Ultra 5 245K 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.