Intel Core 7 240H vs Intel Core i5-12600HX

Compare Intel Core (Series 2) 10 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

8415 points
5% slightly better overall score
7962 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11132 points
12% slightly better gaming score
9881 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7583 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
7422 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7406 points
1% slightly better heavy workload score
7289 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

188.37 points
14% slightly higher Blender score
164.70 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
12
20% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
Identical
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
13% slightly higher turbo speed
4.6 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
40% slightly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

96 GiB
128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

9.5 MiB
5% slightly 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

137th of 1,105
157th of 1,105

Family

The product line

Core (Series 2)
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 November
2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core 7 240H vs Core i5-12600HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core 7 240H beats the Core i5-12600HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12600HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i5-12600HX has slightly more cores than the Core 7 240H. Indeed, the Core i5-12600HX has 12 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core 7 240H. But they both have the same number of threads. In terms of clock speed, the Core 7 240H and Core i5-12600HX are identical in this regard. Despite this, the Core 7 240H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core 7 240H has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i5-12600HX. The Core 7 240H also has slightly 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 7 240H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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