Intel Core i7-12850HX vs Intel Core i7-12650HX

Core i7-12850HX vs Core i7-12650HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12850HX performs better than the Core i7-12650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12650HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12850HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-12650HX that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12650HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12850HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12650HX. Also, the Core i7-12850HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-12850HX has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i7-12650HX. The Core i7-12850HX 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 i7-12850HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.