Intel Core i7-12800H vs Intel Core Ultra 5 236V

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 14 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (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
1% slightly better overall score
5724 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7291 points
8889 points
21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5382 points
12% slightly better multitasking score
4771 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5311 points
16% slightly better heavy workload score
4571 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

172.49 points
48% significantly higher Blender score
116.22 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
75% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
150% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
14% slightly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
250% significantly more pcie lanes
8

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory
16 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
14 MiB
250% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
200% significantly more L3 cache
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

267th of 1,089
274th 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
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-8533

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-12800H vs Core Ultra 5 236V specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12800H is faster than the Core Ultra 5 236V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 236V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12800H has significantly more cores than the Core Ultra 5 236V. Indeed, the Core i7-12800H has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 236V. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 236V. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12800H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 236V. Also, the Core i7-12800H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 236V has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-12800H. Despite this, the Core i7-12800H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 236V.

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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