Intel Core i7-12700 vs Intel Core i7-12800HX

Core i7-12700 vs Core i7-12800HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12700 performs better than the Core i7-12800HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12800HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12800HX has slightly more cores than the Core i7-12700. Indeed, the Core i7-12800HX has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i7-12700. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12700 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800HX. Also, the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12800HX outputs less heat than Core i7-12700 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-12700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.