Intel Core i7-12700T vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 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

8351 points
8% slightly better overall score
7707 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10838 points
7% slightly better gaming score
10126 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7548 points
8% slightly better multitasking score
6950 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7300 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score
6726 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

224.34 points
234.24 points
4% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9560 points
14785 points
54% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2256 points
2607 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.4 GHz
2.9 GHz
107% significantly higher clock speed

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

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
Identical
128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB
28 MiB
133% significantly more L2 cache

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

132nd of 1,089
157th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-8400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core i7-12700T vs Core Ultra 9 285H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700T beats the Core Ultra 9 285H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 9 285H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 285H has slightly more cores than the Core i7-12700T. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285H has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i7-12700T. Despite this, the Core i7-12700T has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 285H. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 9 285H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700T. Also, the Core Ultra 9 285H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 285H has more L2 cache than the Core i7-12700T. Despite this, the Core i7-12700T has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 285H.

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

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