Intel Core i7-12700H vs Intel Core i5-12450H

Core i7-12700H vs Core i5-12450H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700H beats the Core i5-12450H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12450H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12700H has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i5-12450H has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12450H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-12700H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12450H. Also, the Core i7-12700H has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-12700H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.