Intel Core i7-12700KF vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H

Core i7-12700KF vs Core Ultra 5 125H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700KF beats the Core Ultra 5 125H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 125H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 125H has slightly more cores than the Core i7-12700KF. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has 14 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i7-12700KF. Despite this, the Core i7-12700KF has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 125H. According to our data, the Core i7-12700KF and Core Ultra 5 125H have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-12700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-12700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.