Intel Core i5 13450HX vs i5 12450HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 13450HX with 10-cores against the 2.4 GHz i5 12450HX with 8-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 12450HX and 13450HX
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13450HX
  • Has 8 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics (16EU) integrated graphics: 0.4 vs 0.3 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 8 months later
  • 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2289 vs 2073 points
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 540 509
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 3145 2322

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 943.2 MB/sec 791.5 MB/sec
Clang compilation 76.5 Klines/sec 58.4 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 238.8 pages/sec 211.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 310.4 Mpixels/sec 227.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 236 pages/sec 160.8 pages/sec
Background blur 49.8 images/sec 40.7 images/sec
Photo processing 98.6 images/sec 89.9 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.6 Mpixels/sec 14.7 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 328 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
24442
Integer math 82.2 GOps/sec 56.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 61.1 GOps/sec 42.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 80M Primes/sec 51M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 31.3M Strings/sec 22.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 16.2 GBytes/sec 11.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 297.3 MBytes/sec 212.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1417 Frames/sec 1019 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 18.6B Matrices/sec 13.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1675 & 1622 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
184.18

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 13.9 PPW 11.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 197.2 PPW 154.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 444.4 PPW 320.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.35 PPW 2.38 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i5 13450HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (lasu)Cinebench 2026572 / 4048
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-29 (lasu)Cinebench 2026572 / 4048
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-08 -> brbr446Cinebench 2026540 / 3145
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 (shisir)Cinebench 2024104 / 839
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-13 (Raju)Cinebench 2026524 / 3223
Intel Core i5 12450HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-13 -> Kushagra_AggarwalCinebench 2026509 / 2322

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i5 13450HX and i5 12450HX

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 3, 2023 May 10, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Alder Lake
Model number i5-13450HX i5-12450HX
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (16EU) UHD Graphics (16EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 5 7645HX - AMD Ryzen 5 7535HS
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX - Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX
Intel CPU rating (153rd and 190th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 GHz 4.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.4 GHz 3.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 8
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 24x 24x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 20MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W 157 W
Socket BGA-1964 BGA-1964
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (16EU) Intel UHD Graphics (16EU)
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 128 128
TMUs 8 8
ROPs 4 4
Execution Units 16 16
TGP 6-15 W 6-15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.4 TFLOPS
0.3 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i5 13450HX official page Intel Core i5 12450HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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