Intel Core i7-12800HX vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 16 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 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
7431 points
7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8678 points
9839 points
13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6372 points
6707 points
5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6299 points
6519 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9505 points
10239 points
7% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

257.78 points
10% slightly higher Blender score
234.24 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
49% significantly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
2.9 GHz
44% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.8 GHz
5.4 GHz
12% slightly higher turbo speed

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
Identical
128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
28 MiB
599% 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

205th of 1,099
173rd of 1,099

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 May
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-8400

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 9 285H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 9 285H 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.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i7-12800HX has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 9 285H has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12800HX. Also, the Core Ultra 9 285H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-12800HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12800HX has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 285H.

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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