Intel Core i7-12650H vs Intel Core i7-12800HX

Core i7-12650H vs Core i7-12800HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12650H beats the Core i7-12800HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12800HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12800HX has significantly more cores with 16 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 i7-12800HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12800HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-12650H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-12800HX CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-12800HX has more L2 cache than the Core i7-12650H. The Core i7-12800HX also has slightly more 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.