Intel Core i7-13620H vs Intel Core i5-12450HX

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i7 10 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i5 8 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

7691 points
29% slightly better overall score
5938 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10139 points
21% slightly better gaming score
8351 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6947 points
33% slightly better multitasking score
5219 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6776 points
33% slightly better heavy workload score
5059 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

172.32 points
30% slightly higher Blender score
131.60 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
25% slightly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
33% slightly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz
Identical
2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
40% slightly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

9.5 MiB
35% slightly more L2 cache
7 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

158th of 1,089
255th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i7
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-13620H vs Core i5-12450HX comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13620H is faster than the Core i5-12450HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12450HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-13620H has slightly more cores than the Core i5-12450HX. Indeed, the Core i7-13620H has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i5-12450HX. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12450HX. According to our data, the Core i7-13620H and Core i5-12450HX have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-13620H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-13620H has more L2 cache than the Core i5-12450HX. The Core i7-13620H 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 i7-13620H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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