Intel Core i9-11950H vs Intel Core i5-12450HX

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel 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

6449 points

8% slightly better overall score

5938 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8487 points

1% slightly better gaming score

8351 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5818 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

5219 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5677 points

12% slightly better heavy workload score

5059 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

153.40 points

16% slightly higher Blender score

131.60 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz

8% slightly higher clock speed

2.4 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

4.4 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W

22% slightly lower TDP

55 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

Identical

128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

768 KiB

20% slightly more L1 cache

640 KiB

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

223rd of 1,089

255th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9

12th Generation Core i5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 May

2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-11950H vs Core i5-12450HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-11950H is faster than the Core i5-12450HX. Despite this, the Core i5-12450HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i9-11950H has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-11950H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i5-12450HX.

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 i9-11950H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.