Intel Core i9-12900H vs Intel Core i5-13450HX

Core i9-12900H vs Core i5-13450HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-13450HX beats the Core i9-12900H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900H has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i5-13450HX that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-13450HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-13450HX. Also, the Core i9-12900H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-12900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.