Intel Core i7-12850HX vs Intel Core Ultra 5 235

Core i7-12850HX vs Core Ultra 5 235 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 5 235 beats the Core i7-12850HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12850HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12850HX has slightly more cores than the Core Ultra 5 235. Indeed, the Core i7-12850HX has 16 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 235. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 235. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 235 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12850HX. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 235 has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-12850HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12850HX has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 235.

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 i7-12850HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.