Intel Core i7-12700H vs Intel Core 7 150U

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 14 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 1) 10 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7428 points
156% significantly better overall score
2898 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9221 points
119% significantly better gaming score
4205 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6911 points
172% significantly better multitasking score
2534 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6824 points
178% significantly better heavy workload score
2452 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

194.62 points
129% significantly higher Blender score
84.75 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
40% slightly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
66% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
27% slightly higher clock speed
1.8 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
5.4 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
40% slightly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
96 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

174th of 1,098
560th of 1,098

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Core (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-5200

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-12700H vs Core 7 150U benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12700H performs better than the Core 7 150U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 7 150U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12700H has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core 7 150U has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core 7 150U. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12700H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 7 150U. Despite this, the Core 7 150U has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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

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