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

Core i7-12800HX vs Core 7 240H benchmarks

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

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12800HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core 7 240H has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core 7 240H. Our comparison shows that the Core 7 240H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800HX. 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 i7-12800HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12800HX has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core 7 240H.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-12800HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.