Intel Core i7-11600H vs Intel Core i7-12800H

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i7 6 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

5170 points
5807 points
12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7209 points
7291 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

4538 points
5382 points
18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

4400 points
5311 points
20% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

107.90 points
172.49 points
59% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
14
133% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
20
66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.92 GHz
21% slightly higher clock speed
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4.8 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% slightly 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

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7.5 MiB
87% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

18 MiB
24 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

329th of 1,089
267th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 August
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-11600H vs Core i7-12800H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-11600H is faster than the Core i7-12800H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12800H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12800H has significantly more cores than the Core i7-11600H. Indeed, the Core i7-12800H has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-11600H. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11600H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-11600H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800H. Despite this, the Core i7-12800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-11600H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-12800H. Despite this, the Core i7-12800H has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i7-11600H.

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 i7-11600H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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