Intel Core i7-8750H vs Intel Core i7-12700H

Compare Intel 8th Generation Core i7 6 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 14 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

3418 points
7424 points
117% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4937 points
9222 points
86% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2961 points
6907 points
133% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2863 points
6820 points
138% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3442 points
7238 points
110% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

80.62 points
194.62 points
141% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
14
133% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
20
66% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.20 GHz
2.3 GHz
4% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.1 GHz
4.7 GHz
14% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
Identical
45 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
28
75% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
Identical
64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
1120 KiB
191% significantly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

9 MiB
24 MiB
166% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

493rd of 1,089
169th of 1,089

Family

The product line

8th Generation Core i7
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 May
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i7-8750H vs Core i7-12700H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700H is faster than the Core i7-8750H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8750H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12700H has significantly more cores than the Core i7-8750H. Indeed, the Core i7-12700H has 14 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i7-8750H. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8750H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12700H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8750H. Also, the Core i7-12700H 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.

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 i7-8750H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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