Intel Core i7-12700H vs Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 14 core CPU vs Intel 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
8045 points
8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9222 points
9968 points
8% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6907 points
7475 points
8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6820 points
7363 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7238 points
7814 points
7% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

194.62 points
208.48 points
7% slightly higher Blender score

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
2.5 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.7 GHz
5.1 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

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
148th 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 9 185H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700H is faster than the Core Ultra 9 185H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 185H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 9 185H has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-12700H that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 9 185H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12700H.

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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