Intel Core i7-12800H vs Intel Core Ultra 5 135U

Core i7-12800H vs Core Ultra 5 135U comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 135U beats the Core i7-12800H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12800H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12800H has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 135U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12800H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U. Also, the Core i7-12800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-12800H. Despite this, the Core i7-12800H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U.

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 i7-12800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.