Intel Core i7-10700 vs Intel Core i5-12450H

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 8 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

6267 points

19% slightly better overall score

5248 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7929 points

1% slightly better gaming score

7843 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5718 points

27% slightly better multitasking score

4484 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5568 points

28% slightly better heavy workload score

4327 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6944 points

32% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

5258 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

143.42 points

26% slightly higher Blender score

113.50 points

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

8532 points

9134 points

7% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.9 GHz

44% significantly higher clock speed

2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W

45 W

44% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

75% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

100% significantly more supported memory

64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

512 KiB

640 KiB

25% slightly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB

Identical

2 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB

33% slightly more L3 cache

12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

238th of 1,089

318th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7

12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i7-10700 vs Core i5-12450H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-10700 performs better than the Core i5-12450H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12450H in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-10700 has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-10700 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450H. Also, the Core i7-10700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12450H outputs less heat than Core i7-10700 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. When comparing cache sizes, these CPUs have an identical amount of L2 cache. The Core i7-10700 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 i7-10700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.