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Intel Core i7-12700H vs Intel Core i9-12900H

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 i9-12900H

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The Intel Core i9-12900H 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 efficient 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 2.5 to 5 GHz on the performance cluster and 1.8 to 3.8 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 12900HK, the 12900H does not offer the open multiplicator (for overclocking) but the full "Enterprise" set of vPro features (for remote management).

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 96 EUs (Execution Units) operating at up to 1.45 GHz.

Performance

The average 12900H in our database proves to be an outrageously fast CPU, ripping the Ryzen 9 6900HX to pieces as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. Perhaps surprisingly, the i9's multi-thread performance is not much higher than that of the Core i7-12700H, suggesting the latter might be a better bang for the buck.

With its decent cooling solution and a long-term Power Limit of 110 W, the Asus StudioBook 16 H7600ZW is one of the fastest laptops built around the i9-12900H that we know of. It can be more than 80% faster than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, depending on the circumstances.

Power consumption

The Core i9 has a "minimum assured" power consumption of 35 W, with 45 W being its Base power consumption. The CPU's maximum Intel-recommended Turbo power consumption sits at 115 W.

The i9-12900H is built with Intel's 4th generation 10 nm process marketed as Intel 7 for lower than average, as of mid 2023, energy efficiency.

ModelIntel Core i7-12700HIntel Core i9-12900H
SeriesIntel Alder Lake-SIntel Alder Lake-P
CodenameAlder Lake-HAlder Lake-H
Clock1700 - 4700 MHz1800 - 5000 MHz
L1 Cache1.2 MB1.2 MB
L2 Cache11.5 MB11.5 MB
L3 Cache24 MB24 MB
Cores / Threads14 / 2014 / 20
TDP45 Watt45 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, RPE, 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 96EUs ( - 1450 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com
Series: Alder Lake-P Alder Lake-H
Intel Core i9-12900HK compare1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i9-12900H « 1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12800H compare1.8 - 4.8 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12650H compare1.7 - 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

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-12700H
43.1 pt (60%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i9-12900H
44.1 pt (61%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Single Core
101 Points (70%)
min: 96     avg: 102.2     median: 103 (72%)     max: 108 Points
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Multi Core
846 Points (16%)
min: 371     avg: 562     median: 564 (10%)     max: 734 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 11202     avg: 15902     median: 16338 (15%)     max: 19330 Points
min: 7359     avg: 15137     median: 15946.5 (15%)     max: 19648 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1660     avg: 1775     median: 1780.5 (76%)     max: 1826 Points
min: 1634     avg: 1822     median: 1858 (79%)     max: 1921 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 640     avg: 685     median: 688 (76%)     max: 704 Points
min: 624     avg: 705     median: 714.5 (79%)     max: 738 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 4248     avg: 6032     median: 6087 (15%)     max: 7407 Points
min: 2681     avg: 5705     median: 6056.5 (15%)     max: 7471 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1972     avg: 2544     median: 2605 (16%)     max: 2916 Points
min: 1395     avg: 2468     median: 2586 (16%)     max: 3077 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 231     avg: 255.6     median: 256 (77%)     max: 263 Points
min: 235     avg: 261.7     median: 264 (80%)     max: 277 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 23.73     avg: 27.6     median: 27.6 (36%)     max: 31.46 Points
min: 12.08     avg: 23.3     median: 23.8 (31%)     max: 32.77 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 2.98     avg: 3.1     median: 3.1 (76%)     max: 3.13 Points
min: 2.83     avg: 3     median: 3 (74%)     max: 3.3 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 8835     avg: 8876     median: 8875.5 (54%)     max: 8916 Points
min: 7952     avg: 8363     median: 8183.5 (49%)     max: 9498 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 52866     avg: 54647     median: 54647 (40%)     max: 56428 Points
min: 24313     avg: 42701     median: 43671.5 (32%)     max: 60567 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 75147     avg: 83374     median: 83373.5 (58%)     max: 91600 Points
min: 48178     avg: 65825     median: 69621 (48%)     max: 77409 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 14342     avg: 14410     median: 14410 (18%)     max: 14478 Points
min: 12846     avg: 13148     median: 13199 (16%)     max: 13378 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
236.1 s (3%)
min: 187.176     avg: 209.6     median: 202.7 (2%)     max: 265.116 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
3.3 s (1%)
min: 3.421     avg: 4.2     median: 4.1 (1%)     max: 5.062 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
8231 Points (13%)
min: 7620     avg: 8091     median: 7917 (13%)     max: 9328 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 41015     avg: 61062     median: 61958.5 (36%)     max: 73067 MIPS
min: 34684     avg: 60982     median: 64908.5 (37%)     max: 76677 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 5108     avg: 5697     median: 5761.5 (69%)     max: 5972 MIPS
min: 5302     avg: 5836     median: 5881 (70%)     max: 6289 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
145.8 fps (51%)
min: 67.5     avg: 101.6     median: 97.6 (34%)     max: 125.45 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
297.5 fps (69%)
min: 225     avg: 256.5     median: 262 (60%)     max: 286 fps
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 9.06     avg: 16.9     median: 16.7 (29%)     max: 21.8 fps
min: 8.05     avg: 17.1     median: 18.2 (32%)     max: 22.5 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
1.4 GB/s (0%)
min: 0.864     avg: 1.1     median: 1 (0%)     max: 1.4 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
2.5 GB/s (43%)
min: 1.5     avg: 1.8     median: 1.8 (31%)     max: 2 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
14.8 GB/s (39%)
min: 8.6     avg: 10.2     median: 10 (26%)     max: 12.8 GB/s
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 291     avg: 395     median: 391.5 (5%)     max: 541 Seconds
min: 273     avg: 423.5     median: 376 (5%)     max: 850 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 168     avg: 215.5     median: 214 (2%)     max: 286 Seconds
min: 160     avg: 231.8     median: 205.5 (1%)     max: 451 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.4441     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (10%)     max: 0.505 sec
min: 0.4218     avg: 0.5     median: 0.4 (10%)     max: 0.506 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 11952     avg: 14458     median: 14044 (30%)     max: 17593 Points
min: 10122     avg: 12701     median: 13096.5 (28%)     max: 14082 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
7.9 s (2%)
min: 7.3     avg: 7.7     median: 7.6 (2%)     max: 8.329 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
17.7 s (1%)
min: 16.373     avg: 17.5     median: 17.8 (1%)     max: 18.439 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
428.6 s (2%)
min: 385.4     avg: 412.9     median: 402.8 (2%)     max: 474.148 s
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 38383     avg: 61583     median: 64514 (56%)     max: 72328 Points
min: 33640     avg: 50922     median: 53099 (46%)     max: 62706 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 11068     avg: 21108     median: 21706 (59%)     max: 24999 Points
min: 10552     avg: 21434     median: 22389 (61%)     max: 26126 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 80040     avg: 88205     median: 88358 (72%)     max: 94429 Points
min: 70655     avg: 88114     median: 91652.5 (74%)     max: 103016 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 80080     avg: 89905     median: 90843.5 (74%)     max: 97853 Points
min: 71651     avg: 88416     median: 91576.5 (74%)     max: 103757 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 81700     avg: 87741     median: 86851.5 (73%)     max: 95561 Points
min: 81857     avg: 89383     median: 88141 (74%)     max: 100472 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 10336     avg: 18205     median: 18650.5 (47%)     max: 20751 Points
min: 9262     avg: 18033     median: 19184 (49%)     max: 22123 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 2523     avg: 25801     median: 27103 (48%)     max: 30931 Points
min: 9703     avg: 25702     median: 26991 (48%)     max: 31176 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 5588     avg: 11367     median: 11850.5 (50%)     max: 14415 Points
min: 5062     avg: 11577     median: 12268 (52%)     max: 14424 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
2486 Points (75%)
min: 2263     avg: 2316     median: 2269 (69%)     max: 2464 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
13118 Points (52%)
min: 9278     avg: 10300     median: 10337.5 (41%)     max: 11247 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1590     avg: 1747     median: 1755 (74%)     max: 1851 Points
min: 1631     avg: 1797     median: 1820 (77%)     max: 1892 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6833     avg: 11864     median: 12125 (22%)     max: 13745 Points
min: 8519     avg: 12083     median: 12261 (22%)     max: 14376 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1603     avg: 1682     median: 1695 (7%)     max: 1762 Points
min: 1553     avg: 1685     median: 1691.5 (7%)     max: 1838 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 6784     avg: 11223     median: 11805 (37%)     max: 12831 Points
min: 8374     avg: 10601     median: 10438.5 (33%)     max: 12717 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 7058     avg: 7377     median: 7421 (74%)     max: 7608 Points
min: 7191     avg: 7448     median: 7200 (72%)     max: 8015 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 44386     avg: 47601     median: 46409 (52%)     max: 53199 Points
min: 30682     avg: 35929     median: 36692 (41%)     max: 39648 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 515     avg: 529     median: 526 (1%)     max: 585 ms
min: 490     avg: 521     median: 508 (1%)     max: 608 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 80.5     avg: 93.6     median: 93.6 (1%)     max: 106.7 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 84532     avg: 87574     median: 88214.5 (79%)     max: 90357 Points
min: 84027     avg: 87439     median: 86645 (78%)     max: 92438 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 212     avg: 254.6     median: 258 (74%)     max: 269 Points
min: 239     avg: 260.6     median: 264 (76%)     max: 279 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 253     avg: 296     median: 297.5 (62%)     max: 324 Points
min: 263     avg: 297.6     median: 297 (62%)     max: 332 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1492     avg: 1812     median: 1826 (70%)     max: 2017 Points
min: 1515     avg: 1845     median: 1872 (72%)     max: 2108 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 57.1     avg: 113.8     median: 100.5 (17%)     max: 187 Watt
min: 52     avg: 108.3     median: 101.2 (17%)     max: 180 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 63.1     avg: 130.6     median: 133.3 (24%)     max: 211 Watt
min: 74.6     avg: 126.6     median: 124 (23%)     max: 222 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 6.09     avg: 16     median: 12.6 (8%)     max: 39.3 Watt
min: 4.05     avg: 28.3     median: 26 (17%)     max: 96.8 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
min: 6.93     avg: 17.1     median: 15.2 (17%)     max: 31.7 Watt
min: 7.99     avg: 18.1     median: 14.8 (16%)     max: 34.3 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 11.9     avg: 20.8     median: 19.7 (15%)     max: 38.1 Points per Watt
min: 13.6     avg: 19.8     median: 19.4 (14%)     max: 27.5 Points per Watt

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-12700H → 100% n=53

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i9-12900H → 95% n=53

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