Intel Core Ultra 5 125H vs Intel Core i5-12450HX

Core Ultra 5 125H vs Core i5-12450HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 125H is faster than the Core i5-12450HX. Despite this, the Core i5-12450HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12450HX. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i5-12450HX. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12450HX. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 5 125H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450HX. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 125H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-12450HX. The Core Ultra 5 125H also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 Ultra 5 125H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.