Intel Core i7-12800H vs Intel Core 5 210H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 14 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 2) 8 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

5807 points
2% slightly better overall score
5640 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7291 points
8677 points
19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5382 points
12% slightly better multitasking score
4783 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5311 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score
4629 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

172.49 points
32% slightly higher Blender score
130.38 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
75% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
66% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
9% slightly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
Identical
4.8 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

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
7 MiB
75% significantly more L2 cache

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

276th of 1,102
294th of 1,102

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Core (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2024 November

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 i7-12800H vs Core 5 210H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12800H performs better than the Core 5 210H. Despite this, the Core 5 210H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12800H has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core 5 210H has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core 5 210H. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12800H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core 5 210H. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core 5 210H has more L2 cache than the Core i7-12800H. Despite this, the Core i7-12800H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core 5 210H.

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 i7-12800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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