Intel Core i7-12650H vs Intel Core i5-14500T

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 10 core CPU vs Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 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

7176 points
8117 points
13% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9511 points
10172 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6485 points
7544 points
16% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6334 points
7468 points
17% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
14
40% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
20
25% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
35% slightly higher clock speed
1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
4.8 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

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
192 GiB
200% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
11.5 MiB
475% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
Identical
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

180th of 1,089
146th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Core i5 (14th gen)

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
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i7-12650H vs Core i5-14500T benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14500T is faster than the Core i7-12650H. Despite this, the Core i7-12650H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-14500T has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i7-12650H that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12650H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12650H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-14500T. Despite this, the Core i5-14500T has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-14500T has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-12650H. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-12650H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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