Intel Core i7-12800H vs Intel Core 7 240H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 14 core CPU vs Intel Core (Series 2) 10 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
8164 points
40% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7291 points
10592 points
45% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5382 points
7427 points
37% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5311 points
7270 points
36% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

172.49 points
188.37 points
9% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
40% slightly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
2.5 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
5.2 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

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
9.5 MiB
137% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
Identical
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

267th of 1,089
141st of 1,089

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
DDR5-5600

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 7 240H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core 7 240H beats the Core i7-12800H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12800H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12800H has slightly more cores than the Core 7 240H. Indeed, the Core i7-12800H has 14 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core 7 240H. It also has more threads than the Core 7 240H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core 7 240H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12800H. Also, the Core 7 240H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core 7 240H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-12800H. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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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