Intel Core i7-10810U vs Intel Core i9-12900T

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 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

2150 points
6632 points
208% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

3298 points
7128 points
116% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1836 points
6506 points
254% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1789 points
6504 points
263% significantly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

69.47 points
188.94 points
171% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
16
166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
24
100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.1 GHz
1.38 GHz
25% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
Identical
4.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

15 W
133% significantly lower TDP
35 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
1280 KiB
233% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
4 MiB
166% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
30 MiB
150% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

695th of 1,089
214th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i7
12th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-10810U vs Core i9-12900T comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10810U is faster than the Core i9-12900T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900T has significantly more cores than the Core i7-10810U. Indeed, the Core i9-12900T has 16 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-10810U. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10810U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-10810U. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. A Core i7-10810U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-12900T CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 i9-12900T has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-10810U. The Core i9-12900T also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-10810U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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