Intel Core i7-6820HQ vs Intel Core i5-12450H

Core i7-6820HQ vs Core i5-12450H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-12450H performs better than the Core i7-6820HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6820HQ in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i5-12450H has significantly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-6820HQ has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6820HQ. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-6820HQ has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12450H. Despite this, the Core i5-12450H 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.

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 i7-6820HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.