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Intel Core i7-12650H vs Intel Core i5-1250P

Intel Core i7-12650H

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The Intel Core i7-12650H is a high-end mobile CPU for laptops based on the Alder Lake architecture. It was announced in early 2022 and offers 6 performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and 4 of the 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores support Hyper-Threading leading to 16 supported threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock rate ranges from 2.3 to 4.7 GHz on the performance cluster and 1.7 to 3.5 GHz on the efficient cluster. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare to the Core i7-6700HQ). All cores can use up to 24 MB L3 cache. Compared to the 12700H, the 12650H offers only 4 instead of 8 E-cores, a slower iGPU and no vPro features (for remote management).

Performance

The average 12650H in our database is in the same league as the Core i9-11950H, Ryzen 5 7640HS, Ryzen 9 5900HS, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. This is a very good result, as of early 2023.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of 80 W, the TUF Dash F15 FX517ZR is among the fastest laptops built around the 12650H that we know of. It can be more than 25% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Features

The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, and LPDDR4x-4267. The Thread Director (in hardware) can support the operating system to decide which thread to use on the performance or efficient cores for the best performance. For AI tasks, the CPU also integrates GNA 3.0 and DL Boost (via AVX2). Quick Sync in version 8 is the same as in the Rocket Lake CPUs and supports MPEG-2, AVC, VC-1 decode, JPEG, VP8 decode, VP9, HEVC, and AV1 decode in hardware. The CPU only supports PCIe 4.0 (x8 for a GPU and two x4 for SSDs).

The integrated graphics card is based on the Xe-architecture and offers 64 of the 96 EUs (Execution Units) operating at up to 1.4 GHz.

Power consumption

This Core i7 has a "minimum assured" power consumption of 35 W, with 45 W being its Base power consumption. The processor's maximum Intel-recommended Turbo power consumption sits at 115 W. It would take at least two fans to cool such a beast.

Last but not the least, Intel Core i7-12650H is built with Intel's fourth-generation 10 nm process marketed as Intel 7 for OK, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

Intel Core i5-1250P

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The Intel Core i5-1250P is a mid-range Alder Lake-P family SoC designed for use in ultra-light, ultra-thin (yet actively cooled) laptops. It was announced in early 2022 and it has 4 performance cores, as opposed to the 6 cores of the top-of-the-line i7-1280P (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) mated to 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The i5's P-cores are Hyper-Threading-enabled for a total of 16 threads when combined with its E-cores. The clock speeds range from 1.7 GHz to 4.4 GHz for the performance cluster and 1.2 GHz to 3.3 GHz for the efficient cluster. The shortcomings of this processor as compared with the slightly faster Core i5-1260P include the smaller L3 cache, slower iGPU model, lower clock speeds. Full vPro feature set is enabled in the case of this i5, though ("Enterprise" tier, allowing for remote device management).

Architecture

The i5 is a continuation of Intel's efforts to use the ARM-developed big.LITTLE technology for its own benefit. A single "little" Alder Lake core is supposed to be as fast as a Skylake core (as found in the venerable Core i7-6700HQ among other options) which is six years old at this point. All of Core i5-1250P's CPU cores enjoy access to 12 MB of L3 cache. The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to LPDDR5-5200, DDR5-4800, LPDDR4x-4267 or DDR4-3200; Intel recommends using no more than 64 GB, for reference. Just like the other 12th Gen Intel Core processors, this Core i5 comes with the Thread Director which is a new functionality designed to help Windows 11 decide which cores to use for what workload for best performance and efficiency possible. Hardware acceleration of AI algorithms is supported via GNA 3.0 and DL Boost (via AVX2). The alluringly fast PCI-Express 5.0 spec has not found its way into Alder Lake P processors, so users will have to be content with PCI-Express 4.0 for the time being. Four PCI-Express 4 lanes allow for a read/write rate of up to 7.9 GB/s, provided a suitably fast NVMe SSD is used.

Please note this is not a user-replaceable CPU. It gets permanently soldered on to the motherboard (FCBGA1744 socket interface).

Performance

The average 1250P in our database nearly matches the Ryzen 5 5500U and the Ryzen 5 PRO 6650U in multi-thread performance, trailing behind the Core i5-1240P just slightly. This is a great CPU for nearly all tasks imaginable, as long as one does not expect it to be as fast as the mighty Core i7-12700H.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the Power Limits are and how competent the cooling solution of your system is. The latter is really important as a single Golden Cove core can eat more than 20 W when under heavy load.

Graphics

The built-in graphics adapter in the form of the 80 EU Iris Xe running at up to 1.4 GHz has seen little change from what was built into certain 11th Gen Tiger Lake UP3 processors, like a Core i5-1135G7, which is hardly a downside as this iGPU is loaded with modern features, AV1 video decoding capability and SUHD 4320p monitor support included. The Xe isn't a stranger to a bit of casual gaming; that said, your mileage may vary depending on how high the Power Limits are and how capable the cooling solution of a laptop is. Expect something close to NVIDIA's MX250 or in other words, acceptable framerates in most games when playing at 1080p / Low settings. Fast RAM is a prerequisite for decent performance as the Xe has to make do with no dedicated video memory.

Power consumption

The i5's base power consumption (also known as the default TDP or Power Limit 1) is 28 W; its maximum Turbo power consumption (also known as the PL2) is not supposed to exceed 64 W. As for the "Minimum Assured" power consumption, Intel's guidelines mention 20 W. All in all, an active cooling solution is a must for a CPU like this.

The i5-1250P is built with Intel's fourth-gen 10 nm manufacturing process marketed as Intel 7 for decent, as of late 2022, energy efficiency. Despite that, the i5 is more power-hungry than certain 7 nm U-class AMD Ryzen 5000 chips delivering similar, or even higher, performance.

ModelIntel Core i7-12650HIntel Core i5-1250P
SeriesIntel Alder Lake-PIntel Alder Lake-P
CodenameAlder Lake-HAlder Lake-P
Series: Alder Lake-P Alder Lake-P
Intel Core i9-12900HK compare1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i9-12900H compare1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12800H compare1.8 - 4.8 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12650H « 1.7 - 4.7 GHz10 / 16 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-12600H compare2 - 4.5 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-12500H compare1.8 - 4.5 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-12450H compare1.5 - 4.4 GHz8 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1280P compare1.3 - 4.8 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1270P compare1.6 - 4.8 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1260P compare1.5 - 4.7 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1250P « 1.2 - 4.4 GHz12 / 16 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1240P compare1.2 - 4.4 GHz12 / 16 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1220P compare1.1 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Clock1700 - 4700 MHz1200 - 4400 MHz
L1 Cache864 KB1.1 MB
L2 Cache9.5 MB10 MB
L3 Cache24 MB12 MB
Cores / Threads10 / 1612 / 16
TDP45 Watt28 Watt
Technology10 nm10 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C
SocketBGA1744BGA1744
FeaturesDDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266/DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-5200 RAM, PCIe 4, Thr. Dir., DL Boost, GNA, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHADDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266/DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-5200, PCIe 4, Thr. Director, DL Boost, GNA, Remote Platform Erase, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen) ( - 1400 MHz)Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs ( - 1400 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-12650H
40.9 pt (57%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-1250P
32 pt (44%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Single Core
min: 85     avg: 98     median: 99 (69%)     max: 107 Points
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Multi Core
min: 294     avg: 515     median: 530 (10%)     max: 673 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 5362     avg: 11525     median: 12074 (11%)     max: 15537 Points
7282 Points (7%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1428     avg: 1722     median: 1763 (75%)     max: 1808 Points
1521 Points (65%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 552     avg: 664     median: 679 (75%)     max: 696 Points
536 Points (60%)
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 2106     avg: 4459     median: 4691 (11%)     max: 6009 Points
2334 Points (6%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 753     avg: 1770     median: 1851.5 (12%)     max: 2253 Points
1528 Points (10%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 206     avg: 245.1     median: 250 (75%)     max: 261 Points
201 Points (61%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 9.35     avg: 17.9     median: 18.2 (24%)     max: 25.04 Points
9.7 Points (13%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 2.52     avg: 2.9     median: 3 (74%)     max: 3.15 Points
2.7 Points (68%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 7466     avg: 8300     median: 8301 (50%)     max: 8903 Points
7918 Points (48%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 20693     avg: 35422     median: 34901.5 (25%)     max: 49328 Points
38277 Points (28%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 29444     avg: 52500     median: 52008 (36%)     max: 68516 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 11960     avg: 13177     median: 13397 (16%)     max: 14533 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 266.983     avg: 410.5     median: 426 (5%)     max: 483.853 s
340 s (4%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 3.705     avg: 6.5     median: 6.9 (1%)     max: 8.743 s
9.6 s (2%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 6896     avg: 7773     median: 7731.5 (12%)     max: 9090 Points
5561 Points (9%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 27053     avg: 46612     median: 47972 (28%)     max: 59034 MIPS
24625 MIPS (14%)
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 5265     avg: 5635     median: 5702.5 (68%)     max: 6116 MIPS
3532 MIPS (42%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 53.8     avg: 91.5     median: 88.9 (31%)     max: 127.5 fps
79.6 fps (28%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 197.2     avg: 255.4     median: 262.5 (61%)     max: 311.5 fps
201.1 fps (46%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 6.62     avg: 13.8     median: 14.3 (25%)     max: 17.4 fps
6.8 fps (12%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.674     avg: 0.9     median: 0.9 (0%)     max: 1.2 GB/s
1 GB/s (0%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 1.1     avg: 1.5     median: 1.5 (26%)     max: 2.1 GB/s
1.9 GB/s (33%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 6.7     avg: 9     median: 8.9 (23%)     max: 11.8 GB/s
9.5 GB/s (25%)
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 396     avg: 538     median: 479 (6%)     max: 1029 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 222     avg: 299.8     median: 277 (2%)     max: 553 Seconds
511 Seconds (4%)
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.4584     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (10%)     max: 0.515 sec
0.6 sec (13%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 8344     avg: 12678     median: 12716 (27%)     max: 18599 Points
11842 Points (25%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 7.703     avg: 8     median: 7.9 (2%)     max: 8.891 s
8.4 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 17.392     avg: 18     median: 17.6 (1%)     max: 19.733 s
18.5 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 413.002     avg: 436.2     median: 433.5 (2%)     max: 463.857 s
461.5 s (2%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 30717     avg: 53165     median: 53162 (47%)     max: 75129 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 9219     avg: 18466     median: 18363 (50%)     max: 22811 Points
11666 Points (32%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 57680     avg: 80244     median: 83501.5 (68%)     max: 88686 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 57559     avg: 81506     median: 85075.5 (69%)     max: 89577 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 80654     avg: 88077     median: 87546.5 (74%)     max: 96373 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 8608     avg: 15722     median: 16486.5 (42%)     max: 19297 Points
9084 Points (23%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 12668     avg: 22820     median: 22920 (41%)     max: 27558 Points
16016 Points (29%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 4231     avg: 9365     median: 9953 (42%)     max: 11800 Points
3227 Points (14%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
min: 2131     avg: 2357     median: 2384 (72%)     max: 2481 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
min: 7608     avg: 9408     median: 9656 (38%)     max: 11014 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1590     avg: 1743     median: 1758 (74%)     max: 1797 Points
1622 Points (68%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6478     avg: 9797     median: 9784 (18%)     max: 11284 Points
7672 Points (14%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1486     avg: 1677     median: 1705 (7%)     max: 1766 Points
1583 Points (7%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6287     avg: 9019     median: 9099 (29%)     max: 11153 Points
8778 Points (28%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 6711     avg: 7411     median: 7483 (75%)     max: 7705 Points
7072 Points (71%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 24621     avg: 34058     median: 34216 (38%)     max: 41477 Points
35532 Points (40%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 519     avg: 552     median: 542 (1%)     max: 652 ms
734 ms (1%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
86 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 85840     avg: 87864     median: 87864 (79%)     max: 89888 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 234     avg: 249.5     median: 250.5 (72%)     max: 268 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 265     avg: 291.3     median: 295.5 (62%)     max: 309 Points
254 Points (53%)
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1532     avg: 1694     median: 1715 (66%)     max: 1875 Points
1554 Points (60%)
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 45.2     avg: 81.3     median: 78.3 (14%)     max: 112.7 Watt
32.2 Watt (6%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 52.8     avg: 95.3     median: 91.4 (17%)     max: 147 Watt
45.5 Watt (8%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 5.22     avg: 20.2     median: 20.1 (13%)     max: 47.5 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 7.04     avg: 8.4     median: 8.4 (9%)     max: 9.8 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 15.3     avg: 18.9     median: 16.7 (12%)     max: 24.2 Points per Watt
33.6 Points per Watt (25%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-12650H → 100% n=40

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-1250P → 84% n=40

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