Intel Core i7-12700 vs Intel Core i7-12650H

Core i7-12700 vs Core i7-12650H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700 beats the Core i7-12650H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12650H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12700 has slightly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-12650H has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12650H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12700 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12650H. Also, the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12650H outputs less heat than Core i7-12700 thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-12700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.