Intel Core i7-12700 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 155H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 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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Price

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$ 318.24
$ 1181.75 significantly less expensive
$ 1499.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10390 points
46% significantly better overall score
7084 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12574 points
36% slightly better gaming score
9220 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9694 points
49% significantly better multitasking score
6469 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9533 points
49% significantly better heavy workload score
6362 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9515 points
48% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
6426 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

259.30 points
62% significantly higher Blender score
159.93 points
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

21751 points
44% significantly higher Cinebench R23 score
15043 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
22
10% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz
135% significantly higher clock speed
1.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

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
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB
4% slightly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

78th 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

Yes
No

Core i7-12700 vs Core Ultra 7 155H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700 beats the Core Ultra 7 155H in overall performance. 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 slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-12700 that has 12 cores. 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 Ultra 7 155H. Also, the Core i7-12700 has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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.

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