Intel Core i7-12650H vs Intel Core Ultra 7 155H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 10 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 16 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
1% slightly better overall score
7084 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9511 points
3% slightly better gaming score
9220 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6485 points
0.25% slightly better multitasking score
6469 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6334 points
6362 points
0.44% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

154.80 points
159.93 points
3% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

15537 points
3% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score
15043 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
16
60% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
22
37% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
64% significantly higher clock speed
1.4 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
Identical
28

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
18 MiB
800% 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
186th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-7467

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 Ultra 7 155H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12650H performs better than the Core Ultra 7 155H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 7 155H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 7 155H 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. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12650H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 155H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 155H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 155H 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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