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

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

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

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12700H has slightly more cores than the Core i7-12700. Indeed, the Core i7-12700H has 14 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i7-12700. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12700 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700H. Also, the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12700H 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.