Intel Core i7-12700H vs Intel Core Ultra 7 165H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 14 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7424 points
6% slightly better overall score
6976 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9222 points
9640 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6907 points
11% slightly better multitasking score
6199 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6820 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score
6011 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

194.62 points
0.62% slightly higher Blender score
193.42 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
16
14% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
22
10% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz
64% significantly higher clock speed
1.4 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
Identical
28

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
Identical
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

169th of 1,089
196th 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

No
No

Core i7-12700H vs Core Ultra 7 165H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12700H performs better than the Core Ultra 7 165H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 165H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 165H has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i7-12700H has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12700H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 165H.

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

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