Intel Core i7-12800HX vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Core i7-12800HX vs Core Ultra 5 225 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12800HX beats the Core Ultra 5 225 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12800HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core Ultra 5 225 has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 225 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800HX. Also, the Core Ultra 5 225 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 225 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-12800HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12800HX has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225.

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