Intel Core i9-12950HX vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Core i9-12950HX vs Core Ultra 5 225 benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12950HX performs better than the Core Ultra 5 225. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12950HX has significantly more cores than the Core Ultra 5 225. Indeed, the Core i9-12950HX has 16 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 225. 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 i9-12950HX. Despite this, the Core i9-12950HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 225 has more L2 cache than the Core i9-12950HX. Despite this, the Core i9-12950HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225.

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 i9-12950HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.