Intel Core i7-12800HX vs Intel Core i7-14650HX

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 16 core CPU vs Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 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

6916 points
10831 points
56% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8678 points
12542 points
44% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6372 points
10318 points
61% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6299 points
10235 points
62% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9505 points
9829 points
3% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

257.78 points
278.01 points
7% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
Identical
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
2.2 GHz
10% 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

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
192 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
24 MiB
499% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB
30 MiB
20% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

197th of 1,089
72nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Core i7 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 May
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i7-12800HX vs Core i7-14650HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12800HX beats the Core i7-14650HX in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i7-14650HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-14650HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12800HX. Also, the Core i7-14650HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-14650HX has more L2 cache than the Core i7-12800HX. The Core i7-14650HX also has slightly more 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 i7-12800HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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