Intel Core i7-12650H vs Intel Core 5 120U

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 10 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 1) 10 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

7176 points
65% significantly better overall score
4342 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9511 points
32% slightly better gaming score
7190 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6485 points
83% significantly better multitasking score
3534 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6334 points
87% significantly better heavy workload score
3381 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

154.80 points
80% significantly higher Blender score
85.75 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
Identical
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
64% significantly higher clock speed
1.4 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
40% slightly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
96 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
6.5 MiB
224% significantly more L2 cache

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

180th of 1,089
407th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Core (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-12650H vs Core 5 120U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12650H is faster than the Core 5 120U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 5 120U in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-12650H has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12650H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 120U. The info from our database shows that the Core 5 120U has more L2 cache than the Core i7-12650H. Despite this, the Core i7-12650H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core 5 120U.

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 i7-12650H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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