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Intel Core i7-1270P vs Intel Core i5-12450H

Intel Core i7-1270P

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The Intel Core i7-1270P is a higher-end Alder Lake-P family CPU, an expensive 28 W part meant for use in ultra-light, ultra-thin (yet actively cooled) laptops. This CPU was announced in early 2022 and it has 4 performance cores as opposed to the 6 cores of the top-of-the-line 1280P (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) mated to 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores are Hyper-Threading-enabled for a total of 16 threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock speeds range from 2.2 GHz to 4.8 GHz for the performance cluster and 1.6 GHz to 3.5 GHz for the efficient cluster. Full vPro feature set is supported by this Core i7 ("Enterprise" tier, allowing for remote device management). Its shortcomings as compared with the mighty i7-1280P include the smaller L3 cache, lower core count, lower clock speeds; the performance is slated to be significantly lower as a result.

A brief look at the specifications instantly reveals this i7 series chip to be very similar to the Core i5-12600H, a more power-hungry processor targeted at gaming laptops.

Architecture

The i7 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 an Intel Core i7-1270P's CPU cores enjoy access to 18 MB of L3 cache. The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to LPDDR5-5200, DDR5-4800, LPDDR4x-4267 or DDR4-3200. Intel suggests using no more than 64 GB, for reference. Just like the other 12th Gen Intel Core processors, Core i7-1270P comes with 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). PCI-Express 5.0 support 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 soldered permanently on to the motherboard (BGA1744 socket interface).

Performance

The 12 CPU cores are not just able to outshine any outgoing quad-core Tiger Lake part, the i7-1195G7 included. The average 1270P in our database directly competes with the Ryzen 7 5825U, the Ryzen 7 7730U and the Ryzen 7 7735U, meaning this little Core i7 is fast enough to make most consumers happy as of mid 2023.

The fairly high processing power comes at a cost. A single Golden Cove core can consume more than 20 W when under heavy load. Your mileage may thus vary depending on how high the Power Limits are and how competent the cooling solution of your laptop is.

Graphics

The built-in graphics adapter in the form of the 96 EU Iris Xe running at up to 1.40 GHz has seen no change from what was built into the 11th Gen Tiger Lake-UP3 processors, like an i7-1165G7, which is hardly a downside as this iGPU is loaded with modern features such as AV1 video decoding capability and SUHD 4320p monitor support. Up to 4 monitors can be used simultaneously with this iGPU. We expect the gaming performance to be reasonably close to that of NVIDIA's MX350.

In other words, the Xe is good enough for most games at 1080p resolution / Medium settings, provided the Power Limits are high enough and the cooling solution is competent enough. Fast RAM is a prerequisite for decent performance as well (the Xe has to make do with no dedicated video memory).

Last but not the least, we discovered that the GPU utilization when playing YouTube UHD 2160p60 videos is higher than it was with Tiger Lake chips.

Power consumption

The i7's base power consumption (also known as the default TDP or Power Limit 1) is 28 W, with 64 W being its maximum Turbo power consumption (also known as the PL2). As for the "Minimum Assured" power consumption, Intel's guidelines mention 20 W. All in all, an active cooling solution is a must for such a chip.

The CPU is built with Intel's fourth-gen 10 nm process marketed as Intel 7 for decent, as of late 2022, energy efficiency. It's still a rather power-hungry CPU; a single P-core will happily consume more than 20 W when under heavy load. A couple of the higher-end 7 nm U-class AMD Ryzen 5000 chips are not nearly as power-hungry while delivering similar or higher performance levels.

Intel Core i5-12450H

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The Intel Core i5-12450H is a high-end mobile CPU for laptops based on the Alder Lake architecture. It was announced in early 2022 and offers 4 of the 6 performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and 4 of the 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture) leading to 8 cores in total (octa core CPU). The P-cores support Hyper-Threading leading to 12 supported threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock rate ranges from 2 to 4.4 GHz on the performance cluster and 1.5 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 12500H, the 12450H offers less E-cores, lower clock rates, a slower iGPU and no vPro support.

Performance

The average 12450H in our extensive database is a bit of a disappointment, its multi-thread benchmark scores only just matching those of the Ryzen 7 5700U and the Core i7-10750H, both fairly old chips as of Q2 2023.

Your mileage may vary depending on how high the CPU power limits are and how competent the cooling solution of your system is.

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

The CPU is rated at 45 W base power (95 W PL2) but most laptops will use a PL1 of around 60 Watt. The SoC is manufactured in a 10nm process at Intel, which is known as Intel 7.

ModelIntel Core i7-1270PIntel Core i5-12450H
SeriesIntel Alder Lake-PIntel Alder Lake-P
CodenameAlder Lake-PAlder Lake-H
Series: Alder Lake-P Alder Lake-H
Intel Core i7-1280P compare1.3 - 4.8 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1270P « 1.6 - 4.8 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i7-1260P compare1.5 - 4.7 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-1250P compare1.2 - 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
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 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 « 1.5 - 4.4 GHz8 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Clock1600 - 4800 MHz1500 - 4400 MHz
L1 Cache1.1 MB704 KB
L2 Cache10 MB8 MB
L3 Cache18 MB12 MB
Cores / Threads12 / 168 / 12
TDP28 Watt45 Watt
Technology10 nm10 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C
SocketBGA1744BGA1744
FeaturesDDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266/DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-5200 RAM, PCIe 4, Thr. Director, DL Boost, GNA, Rem. Platf. 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, SHADDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266/DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-5200 RAM, PCIe 4, Thr. Director, DL Boost, GNA, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA
iGPUIntel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs ( - 1400 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs ( - 1200 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-1270P
37.7 pt (52%)
Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i5-12450H
37.5 pt (52%)
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Single Core
min: 96.5     avg: 98.4     median: 98.5 (68%)     max: 100 Points
Cinebench 2024 - CB24 CPU Multi Core
min: 422     avg: 503     median: 509.5 (9%)     max: 570 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 8426     avg: 9718     median: 9718 (9%)     max: 11010 Points
min: 7662     avg: 8809     median: 8511 (8%)     max: 10610 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1552     avg: 1620     median: 1620 (69%)     max: 1688 Points
min: 1652     avg: 1666     median: 1663 (71%)     max: 1688 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 595     avg: 611     median: 611 (68%)     max: 627 Points
min: 634     avg: 641     median: 642 (71%)     max: 646 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 3167     avg: 3536     median: 3536 (9%)     max: 3905 Points
min: 2952     avg: 3415     median: 3270 (8%)     max: 4105 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1695     avg: 1739     median: 1739 (11%)     max: 1783 Points
min: 1150     avg: 1330     median: 1321 (8%)     max: 1591 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 226     avg: 229.5     median: 229.5 (69%)     max: 233 Points
min: 227     avg: 236     median: 238 (72%)     max: 239 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
19.9 Points (26%)
min: 14.61     avg: 15.7     median: 16.1 (21%)     max: 16.55 Points
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
2.7 Points (68%)
min: 2.83     avg: 2.9     median: 2.9 (72%)     max: 2.91 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
7886 Points (48%)
min: 8166     avg: 8188     median: 8178 (49%)     max: 8221 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
36271 Points (26%)
min: 32260     avg: 34923     median: 35790 (26%)     max: 36720 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
min: 50207     avg: 55957     median: 55999 (39%)     max: 61665 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
min: 13344     avg: 13357     median: 13352 (16%)     max: 13375 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
344.6 s (4%)
min: 431.842     avg: 440.2     median: 436 (5%)     max: 452.626 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
9.8 s (2%)
min: 6.893     avg: 7.5     median: 7.2 (1%)     max: 8.23 s
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
16497 Points (26%)
min: 5658     avg: 5956     median: 6015 (10%)     max: 6195 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 38099     avg: 38274     median: 38274 (22%)     max: 38449 MIPS
min: 31119     avg: 34052     median: 33584 (19%)     max: 38415 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 4874     avg: 5279     median: 5279 (63%)     max: 5684 MIPS
min: 4914     avg: 5157     median: 5144.5 (62%)     max: 5386 MIPS
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 75.9     avg: 79.1     median: 76 (27%)     max: 85.35 fps
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 257.5     avg: 269     median: 272.5 (63%)     max: 277 fps
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 9.56     avg: 10.4     median: 10.4 (18%)     max: 11.3 fps
min: 8.78     avg: 10.4     median: 10.4 (18%)     max: 12.3 fps
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.8 GB/s (0%)
min: 0.703     avg: 0.8     median: 0.8 (0%)     max: 0.797 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
1.1 GB/s (19%)
min: 1.2     avg: 1.3     median: 1.3 (22%)     max: 1.4 GB/s
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
5.8 GB/s (15%)
min: 7     avg: 7.9     median: 8 (21%)     max: 8.6 GB/s
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
714 Seconds (9%)
min: 573     avg: 673     median: 682 (9%)     max: 767 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 372     avg: 373.5     median: 373.5 (3%)     max: 375 Seconds
min: 335     avg: 387.2     median: 394 (3%)     max: 429 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.4926     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (12%)     max: 0.575 sec
min: 0.4949     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (11%)     max: 0.527 sec
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 9897     avg: 11192     median: 11439 (24%)     max: 11991 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
7.6 s (2%)
min: 8.389     avg: 8.4     median: 8.4 (2%)     max: 8.452 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 18.721     avg: 18.8     median: 18.7 (1%)     max: 18.876 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
436.4 s (2%)
min: 449.018     avg: 452.7     median: 451.4 (2%)     max: 457.561 s
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 42422     avg: 46421     median: 46182 (40%)     max: 50898 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 10981     avg: 12323     median: 12323 (33%)     max: 13665 Points
min: 12896     avg: 15157     median: 15232.5 (41%)     max: 17594 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 79585     avg: 89333     median: 90156 (73%)     max: 97433 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 79896     avg: 89470     median: 90458.5 (73%)     max: 97065 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 87275     avg: 92212     median: 90815 (77%)     max: 99941 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 9451     avg: 9958     median: 9958 (25%)     max: 10465 Points
min: 10809     avg: 12625     median: 13289 (34%)     max: 13617 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 18221     avg: 18284     median: 18283.5 (33%)     max: 18346 Points
min: 17079     avg: 19659     median: 20041 (36%)     max: 22477 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 5316     avg: 6022     median: 6021.5 (25%)     max: 6727 Points
min: 5938     avg: 6953     median: 6862.5 (29%)     max: 8287 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
min: 2155     avg: 2237     median: 2249.5 (68%)     max: 2293 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
min: 7943     avg: 8386     median: 8223 (32%)     max: 9109 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1564     avg: 1644     median: 1644 (69%)     max: 1724 Points
min: 1581     avg: 1629     median: 1637.5 (69%)     max: 1665 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 8610     avg: 8660     median: 8660 (16%)     max: 8710 Points
min: 6804     avg: 7436     median: 7212 (13%)     max: 8330 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1683 Points (7%)
min: 1509     avg: 1563     median: 1575 (7%)     max: 1594 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
8537 Points (27%)
min: 6675     avg: 7214     median: 7120.5 (22%)     max: 7938 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 6930     avg: 7118     median: 7169.5 (72%)     max: 7203 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 26009     avg: 28043     median: 28052 (31%)     max: 30058 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 537     avg: 541     median: 540.5 (1%)     max: 544 ms
min: 556     avg: 564     median: 563 (1%)     max: 576 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
78273 Points (70%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
251 Points (72%)
min: 228     avg: 235     median: 238 (68%)     max: 239 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 279     avg: 285     median: 285 (59%)     max: 291 Points
min: 277     avg: 284.8     median: 285 (59%)     max: 292 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1585     avg: 1649     median: 1648.5 (63%)     max: 1712 Points
min: 1487     avg: 1549     median: 1542.5 (59%)     max: 1637 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 47.3     avg: 53.2     median: 53.2 (9%)     max: 59.1 Watt
min: 52.5     avg: 61.4     median: 60.2 (10%)     max: 72.5 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 61.3     avg: 63.1     median: 63.1 (12%)     max: 64.9 Watt
min: 57.3     avg: 65.1     median: 62 (11%)     max: 78.9 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
4 Watt (3%)
min: 9.17     avg: 10.5     median: 10.8 (7%)     max: 11.3 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
4.6 Watt (5%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 27.5     avg: 27.6     median: 27.6 (21%)     max: 27.7 Points per Watt
20.1 Points per Watt (15%)

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i7-1270P → 100% n=36

Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-12450H → 99% n=36

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