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

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

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700K 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12700K has significantly more cores with 12 cores whereas the Core i7-8750H has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8750H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-12700K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-8750H. Also, the Core i7-12700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8750H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-12700K CPU because of its significantly lower TDP. 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 i7-8750H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.