Intel Core Ultra 5 135U vs Intel Core i5-12600H

Core Ultra 5 135U vs Core i5-12600H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 5 135U performs better than the Core i5-12600H. Despite this, the Core i5-12600H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i5-12600H has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-12600H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U. Also, the Core i5-12600H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 135U has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-12600H. Despite this, the Core i5-12600H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U.

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 135U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.