Intel Core i7-12800HX vs Intel Core Ultra 7 165H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 16 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 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
6976 points
0.87% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8678 points
9640 points
11% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6372 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
6199 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6299 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score
6011 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

257.78 points
33% slightly higher Blender score
193.42 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
9% slightly more threads
22

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
42% much higher clock speed
1.4 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory
96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
18 MiB
350% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB
4% slightly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

197th of 1,089
196th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 May
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-12800HX vs Core Ultra 7 165H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 7 165H performs better than the Core i7-12800HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12800HX in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i7-12800HX has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12800HX has a much higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 165H. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 165H 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 Ultra 7 165H.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-12800HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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