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

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7661 points
7904 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9595 points
9796 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7028 points
7380 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6834 points
7268 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
33% slightly more cores
12

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
2.5 GHz
25% slightly higher clock speed

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

162nd of 1,093
154th of 1,093

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 2)
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Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 February
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-8400
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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