Intel Core i7-9750H vs Intel Core i5-12450H

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i7 6 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

3576 points
5248 points
46% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5033 points
7843 points
55% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

3131 points
4484 points
43% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

3029 points
4327 points
42% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

3768 points
5258 points
39% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

92.31 points
113.50 points
22% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
8
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
Identical
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
30% slightly higher clock speed
2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

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

128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

384 KiB
640 KiB
66% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

1.5 MiB
2 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

12 MiB
Identical
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

477th of 1,089
318th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i7
12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 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 i7-9750H vs Core i5-12450H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-12450H is faster than the Core i7-9750H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9750H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i5-12450H has slightly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-9750H that has 6 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-9750H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i5-12450H. Also, the Core i7-9750H 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 i5-12450H has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i7-9750H. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 i7-9750H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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