Intel Core i7-5960X vs Intel Core i5-12450H

Core i7-5960X vs Core i5-12450H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-5960X performs better than the Core i5-12450H. Despite this, the Core i5-12450H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-5960X has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-5960X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12450H. Despite this, the Core i5-12450H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12450H outputs less heat than Core i7-5960X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-5960X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.