Intel Core i7-11800H vs Intel Core i5-12450H

Compare Intel 11th 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

6296 points
19% slightly better overall score
5248 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8432 points
7% slightly better gaming score
7843 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5628 points
25% slightly better multitasking score
4484 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5474 points
26% slightly better heavy workload score
4327 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

6720 points
27% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
5258 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

150.35 points
32% slightly higher Blender score
113.50 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

14088 points
54% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score
9134 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

2.3 GHz
15% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

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

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

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB
20% slightly more L1 cache
640 KiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

236th of 1,089
318th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i7
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
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 i7-11800H vs Core i5-12450H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-11800H 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.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-11800H has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-11800H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12450H. Also, the Core i7-11800H 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.

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 i7-11800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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