Intel Core Ultra 7 255H vs Intel Core i5-12600HX

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 16 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 12 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7661 points

7962 points

3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9595 points

9881 points

2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7028 points

7422 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6834 points

7289 points

6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

212.94 points

29% slightly higher Blender score

164.70 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz

2.5 GHz

25% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz

10% slightly higher turbo speed

4.6 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

28 MiB

211% significantly more L2 cache

9 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

165th of 1,105

157th of 1,105

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 2)

12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 February

2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-8400

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core Ultra 7 255H vs Core i5-12600HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12600HX is faster than the Core Ultra 7 255H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 255H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 255H has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i5-12600HX has 12 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-12600HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 255H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 255H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 255H has more L2 cache than the Core i5-12600HX. The Core Ultra 7 255H also has slightly more L3 cache.

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. For instance, the Core Ultra 7 255H has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.