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Intel Core i7-12700H vs Intel Core i5-1235U

Intel Core i7-12700H

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The Intel Core i7-12700H 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 8 efficiency cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores support Hyper-Threading leading to 20 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 - 3.5 GHz on the efficient cluster. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare to the Core i7-6920HQ). All cores can use up to 24 MB L3 cache. Compared to the 12900H, the 12700H is lower clocked and offers only "Essentials" vPro features.

Performance

The average 12700H in our database wins a very important battle by being ever-so-slightly faster than the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX in multi-thread benchmarks while, perhaps even more importantly, nearly matching multi-thread benchmark scores of the more costly Core i9-12900H to be a great bang for the buck overall.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of 101 W, the Legion 5 15IAH7H 82RB is among the fastest laptops built around the 12700H that we know of. It can be nearly 60% 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 adapter is based on the Xe architecture and offers 96 EUs (Execution Units) operating at up to 1.4 GHz.

Power consumption

This Core i7 series chip has a "minimum assured" power consumption of 35 W, with 45 W being its Base power consumption. The CPU's highest Intel-recommended Turbo power consumption sits at 115 W.

The i7-12700H is built with Intel's 4th generation 10 nm process marketed as Intel 7 for average, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

Intel Core i5-1235U

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The Intel Core i5-1235U is a mid-range mobile CPU for thin and light laptops based on the Alder Lake architecture. It was announced in early 2022 and offers 2 performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores support Hyper-Threading leading to 12 supported threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock rate ranges from 1.3 to 4.4 GHz on the performance cluster and 0.9 to 3.3 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 12 MB L3 cache. Compared to the i5-1245U, the 1235U offers lower base clock speeds and only "Essentials" vPro management features. Compared to the P-series (28W) or H-series (45W), the 15W TDP may limit the sustained performance.

Performance

The average 1235U in our database is in the same league as the Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U and also, surprisingly enough, the i7-1250U and the i7-1260U, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. This is a very respectable result, as of mid 2023.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of 27 W, the Beelink SEi12 is among the fastest systems built around the 1235U that we know of. It can be twice as fast in CPU-bound workloads as the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

Architecture

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 80 of the 96 EUs (Execution Units) operating at up to 1.2 GHz.

Power consumption

This ULV processor has a Base power consumption of 15 W (also known as the long-term power limit), with 55 W being its maximum Intel-recommended Turbo power consumption. Both values are too high to allow for passively cooled designs.

Core i5-1235U is manufactured on Intel's fourth-gen 10 nm process marketed as Intel 7 for decent, as of mid-2022, energy efficiency.

ModelIntel Core i7-12700HIntel Core i5-1235U
CodenameAlder Lake-HAlder Lake-U
SeriesIntel Alder Lake-SIntel Alder Lake-M
Clock1700 - 4700 MHz900 - 4400 MHz
L1 Cache1.2 MB928 KB
L2 Cache11.5 MB9.5 MB
L3 Cache24 MB12 MB
Cores / Threads14 / 2010 / 12
TDP45 Watt15 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, vPro Ess., MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHADDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266/DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-5200 RAM, PCIe 4, Thr. Dir., DL Boost, GNA, vPro Ess., 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 Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs ( - 1400 MHz)Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs ( - 1200 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com
Series: Alder Lake-M Alder Lake-U
Intel Core i7-1265U compare1.3 - 4.8 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1255U compare1.2 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1245U compare1.2 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1235U « 0.9 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1260U compare0.8 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1250U compare0.8 - 4.7 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1240U compare0.8 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1230U compare0.7 - 4.4 GHz10 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1215U compare0.9 - 4.4 GHz6 / 8 cores10 MB L3
Intel Pentium 8505 compare0.9 - 4.4 GHz5 / 6 cores8 MB L3
Intel Core i3-1210U compare0.7 - 4.4 GHz6 / 8 cores10 MB L3
Intel Pentium 8500 compare0.7 - 4.4 GHz5 / 6 cores8 MB L3
Intel Celeron 7305 compare0.9 - 1.1 GHz5 / 5 cores8 MB L3
Intel Celeron 7300 compare0.7 - 1 GHz5 / 5 cores8 MB L3

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-12700H
38.4 pt (64%)
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Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-1235U
33.4 pt (56%)
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Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Single Core
min: 101     avg: 104     median: 104 (52%)     max: 107 Points
93 Points (47%)
Cinebench 2024 - Cinebench 2024 CPU Multi Core
min: 617     avg: 732     median: 731.5 (14%)     max: 846 Points
406 Points (8%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 10300     avg: 15811     median: 16307.5 (15%)     max: 19330 Points
min: 2485     avg: 6365     median: 6623 (6%)     max: 9208 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1660     avg: 1775     median: 1782 (72%)     max: 1826 Points
min: 1444     avg: 1587     median: 1597 (65%)     max: 1698 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 640     avg: 685     median: 688.5 (75%)     max: 704 Points
min: 566     avg: 613     median: 617 (67%)     max: 651 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 3981     avg: 5999     median: 6070 (15%)     max: 7407 Points
min: 1783     avg: 2709     median: 2801 (7%)     max: 3537 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1522     avg: 2529     median: 2604.6 (16%)     max: 2916 Points
min: 785     avg: 1125     median: 1093.5 (7%)     max: 1587 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 231     avg: 255.6     median: 256 (71%)     max: 263 Points
min: 151.5     avg: 213.2     median: 217.5 (60%)     max: 242.3 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 18.61     avg: 24.6     median: 23.7 (31%)     max: 31.46 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 2.97     avg: 3     median: 3 (71%)     max: 3.13 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 8835     avg: 8869     median: 8857 (54%)     max: 8916 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 36361     avg: 48552     median: 52866 (38%)     max: 56428 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 57276     avg: 74674     median: 75147 (48%)     max: 91600 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 14332     avg: 14384     median: 14342 (17%)     max: 14478 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
min: 236.133     avg: 364     median: 364 (4%)     max: 491.806 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
min: 3.296     avg: 4.7     median: 4.7 (1%)     max: 6.166 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
min: 7669     avg: 7950     median: 7950 (13%)     max: 8231 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multi Thread 4 runs
min: 41015     avg: 60780     median: 61768 (35%)     max: 73067 MIPS
min: 20166     avg: 30566     median: 30361.5 (17%)     max: 38643 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 5108     avg: 5699     median: 5763 (68%)     max: 5972 MIPS
min: 4371     avg: 5000     median: 5137.5 (61%)     max: 5233 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 91     avg: 118.4     median: 118.4 (3%)     max: 145.75 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 242     avg: 269.8     median: 269.8 (7%)     max: 297.5 fps
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 9.06     avg: 16.9     median: 16.6 (29%)     max: 21.8 fps
min: 4.99     avg: 7.8     median: 8.6 (15%)     max: 9.43 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 0.884     avg: 1.1     median: 1.1 (34%)     max: 1.4 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 1.5     avg: 2     median: 2 (34%)     max: 2.5 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 8.4     avg: 11.6     median: 11.6 (30%)     max: 14.8 GB/s
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 291     avg: 398.6     median: 395 (5%)     max: 541 Seconds
min: 707     avg: 955     median: 872 (11%)     max: 1374 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 168     avg: 216.8     median: 215 (2%)     max: 299 Seconds
min: 366     avg: 491     median: 470 (3%)     max: 662 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.4441     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (10%)     max: 0.505 sec
min: 0.4986     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (11%)     max: 0.603 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 11838     avg: 14130     median: 13918 (30%)     max: 17593 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 7.849     avg: 7.9     median: 7.9 (2%)     max: 7.915 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 17.324     avg: 17.5     median: 17.5 (1%)     max: 17.72 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
428.6 s (2%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 38383     avg: 59592     median: 63734 (49%)     max: 72328 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 11068     avg: 21001     median: 21602.5 (53%)     max: 24999 Points
min: 7465     avg: 11105     median: 10290 (25%)     max: 15604 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 80040     avg: 87409     median: 87334 (71%)     max: 94429 Points
67708 Points (55%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 80080     avg: 87961     median: 89094 (72%)     max: 97853 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 81700     avg: 87585     median: 86918 (70%)     max: 95561 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 10336     avg: 18091     median: 18529 (47%)     max: 20751 Points
min: 6543     avg: 9959     median: 10446 (26%)     max: 12476 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 2523     avg: 25703     median: 27097 (48%)     max: 30931 Points
min: 9965     avg: 15291     median: 15301.5 (27%)     max: 19386 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 5588     avg: 11367     median: 11850.5 (50%)     max: 14415 Points
min: 3133     avg: 5151     median: 5180.5 (22%)     max: 7083 Points
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Single-Core
min: 2388     avg: 2446     median: 2464 (57%)     max: 2486 Points
min: 1981     avg: 2095     median: 2094.5 (48%)     max: 2208 Points
Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Multi-Core
min: 8721     avg: 11196     median: 11748 (46%)     max: 13118 Points
min: 6703     avg: 6875     median: 6874.5 (27%)     max: 7046 Points
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Single-Core
min: 2243     avg: 2284     median: 2255 (72%)     max: 2354 Points
min: 1688     avg: 1897     median: 1897 (60%)     max: 2106 Points
Geekbench 6.0 - Geekbench 6.0 Multi-Core
min: 7988     avg: 9770     median: 8625 (35%)     max: 12698 Points
min: 5677     avg: 6161     median: 6160.5 (25%)     max: 6644 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1590     avg: 1746     median: 1755 (59%)     max: 1851 Points
min: 1426     avg: 1553     median: 1591.5 (54%)     max: 1643 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6833     avg: 11806     median: 12110.5 (22%)     max: 13745 Points
min: 5528     avg: 6774     median: 6084.5 (11%)     max: 8571 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1603     avg: 1682     median: 1690.5 (7%)     max: 1762 Points
min: 1402     avg: 1539     median: 1592 (7%)     max: 1602 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6784     avg: 11071     median: 11715.5 (37%)     max: 12831 Points
min: 5450     avg: 7106     median: 7643 (24%)     max: 8558 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 7058     avg: 7418     median: 7510 (75%)     max: 7608 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 30898     avg: 44260     median: 45107 (44%)     max: 53199 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 515     avg: 529     median: 526 (1%)     max: 585 ms
min: 485.6     avg: 571     median: 585 (1%)     max: 634 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 80.5     avg: 93.6     median: 93.6 (1%)     max: 106.7 ms
99.6 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 84532     avg: 87574     median: 88214.5 (58%)     max: 90357 Points
min: 78578     avg: 80181     median: 79131 (52%)     max: 83104 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 212     avg: 254.4     median: 257 (67%)     max: 269 Points
min: 206     avg: 224     median: 226 (59%)     max: 236 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 253     avg: 295.3     median: 297 (53%)     max: 324 Points
min: 233     avg: 262.6     median: 251 (45%)     max: 305 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 score
min: 9253     avg: 10006     median: 10006 (4%)     max: 10759 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 3.0
min: 11508     avg: 11533     median: 11533 (40%)     max: 11558 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1492     avg: 1807     median: 1818 (68%)     max: 2017 Points
min: 983     avg: 1383     median: 1430.5 (53%)     max: 1644 Points
CrXPRT 2 - CrXPRT2 Performance Score
min: 162     avg: 169.5     median: 169.5 (94%)     max: 177 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 57.1     avg: 112.8     median: 100 (17%)     max: 187 Watt
min: 27.8     avg: 43.5     median: 39.8 (7%)     max: 63.2 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 54     avg: 129.2     median: 133.3 (24%)     max: 211 Watt
min: 28.9     avg: 46.9     median: 44.9 (8%)     max: 69.5 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 6.09     avg: 15.7     median: 12.5 (8%)     max: 39.3 Watt
min: 5.22     avg: 7.9     median: 6.3 (4%)     max: 16.6 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 6.93     avg: 17.1     median: 15.2 (11%)     max: 31.7 Watt
min: 3.41     avg: 5.4     median: 5.6 (4%)     max: 7.17 Watt
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
min: 11.9     avg: 21     median: 19.8 (15%)     max: 38.1 Points per Watt
min: 20.3     avg: 25.3     median: 25.4 (19%)     max: 29 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-12700H → 100% n=33

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-1235U → 70% n=33

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