Intel Core i5-12450H vs Intel Core i7-12800H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i5 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 14 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

5248 points
5807 points
10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7843 points
7% slightly better gaming score
7291 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4484 points
5382 points
20% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4327 points
5311 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

113.50 points
172.49 points
51% significantly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

9134 points
16597 points
81% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
20
66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
2.4 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz
4.8 GHz
9% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
Identical
45 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
Identical
28

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB
1120 KiB
75% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
4 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
24 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

318th of 1,089
267th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i5
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i5-12450H vs Core i7-12800H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12800H is faster than the Core i5-12450H. Despite this, the Core i5-12450H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12800H has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i5-12450H that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12450H. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12800H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450H. Also, the Core i7-12800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-12800H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i5-12450H. The Core i7-12800H also has significantly 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 i5-12450H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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