Intel Core i7-12800HX vs Intel Xeon Platinum 8170M

Core i7-12800HX vs Xeon Platinum 8170M benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon Platinum 8170M performs better than the Core i7-12800HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12800HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Xeon Platinum 8170M has significantly more cores than the Core i7-12800HX. Indeed, the Xeon Platinum 8170M has 26 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Core i7-12800HX. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12800HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon Platinum 8170M has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800HX. The info from our database shows that the Xeon Platinum 8170M has more L2 cache than the Core i7-12800HX. The Xeon Platinum 8170M also has significantly more L3 cache.

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.