Intel Core i7-10700F 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

6380 points
21% slightly better overall score
5248 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8207 points
4% slightly better gaming score
7843 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5766 points
28% slightly better multitasking score
4484 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5592 points
29% slightly better heavy workload score
4327 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6906 points
31% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5258 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

161.44 points
42% slightly higher Blender score
113.50 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
Identical
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

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

16
28
75% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

228th 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

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-10700F vs Core i5-12450H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10700F is faster than the Core i5-12450H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12450H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-10700F has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-10700F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450H. Also, the Core i7-10700F has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i5-12450H outputs less heat than Core i7-10700F 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 i7-10700F 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 i7-10700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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