Intel Core i7-11850H vs Intel Core i5-12450HX

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i7 8 core CPU vs Intel 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

5771 points
5938 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7728 points
8351 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5178 points
5219 points
0.79% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5048 points
5059 points
0.22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

147.63 points
12% slightly higher Blender score
131.60 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

2.5 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed
2.4 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

45 W
22% slightly lower TDP
55 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 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

272nd of 1,089
255th 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 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

-
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-11850H vs Core i5-12450HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i5-12450HX beats the Core i7-11850H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-11850H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-11850H has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-11850H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450HX.

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 i7-11850H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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