Intel Core i7-12650HX vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225H

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8472 points
8783 points
3% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10803 points
11548 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7800 points
7914 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7717 points
0.52% slightly better heavy workload score
7677 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

174.18 points
199.93 points
14% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
Identical
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
42% many more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
17% slightly higher clock speed
1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
4.9 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% slightly more pcie lanes

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

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

11.5 MiB
22 MiB
91% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

127th of 1,092
117th of 1,092

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 May
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-8400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

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