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Intel Core i7-12800H vs Intel Core i5-12600H

Intel Core i7-12800H

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The Intel Core i7-12800H 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 2.4 to 4.8 GHz on the performance cluster and 1.8 to3.7 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 12800H is lower clocked and also features  the full "Enterprise" set of vPro features (for remote management).

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.

Performance

The average 12800H in our database matches the Ryzen 9 6900HS and the Core i9-11900H in multi-thread performance. Which is fairly impressive, as of mid 2022.

Thanks to its decent cooling solution and a long-term CPU power limit of 70 W, the ZBook Studio 16 G9 is among the fastest laptops built around the 12800H that we know of. It can be about 70% faster in CPU-bound workloads than the slowest system featuring the same chip in our database, as of August 2023.

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 maximum Intel-recommended Turbo power consumption sits at 115 W.

The i7-12800H is built with Intel's fourth-gen 10 nm process marketed as Intel 7 for average, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

Intel Core i5-12600H

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The Intel Core i5-12600H 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 all 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 2.7 to 4.5 GHz on the performance cluster and 2 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 18 MB L3 cache. Compared to the 12650H, the 12600H offers less P-cores but more E-cores, a faster iGPU and "Enterprise" vPro features (for remote management).

Performance

Thanks to the 12 cores, the multi-threaded performance should be clearly faster than the older Tiger Lake-H CPUs with similar clock speeds (especially like the Core i5-11500H with only 6 cores). Due to the architectural improvements, single-core performance is also better than similar or higher clocked Tiger Lake CPUs.

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 80 of the 96 EUs (Execution Units) operating at up to 1.4 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 i7-12800HIntel Core i5-12600H
SeriesIntel Alder Lake-PIntel Alder Lake-P
CodenameAlder Lake-HAlder Lake-H
Series: Alder Lake-P Alder Lake-H
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 « 1.8 - 4.8 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12650H compare1.7 - 4.7 GHz10 / 16 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-12600H2 - 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 i9-12900HK compare1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i9-12900H compare1.8 - 5 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12800H1.8 - 4.8 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12650H compare1.7 - 4.7 GHz10 / 16 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-12600H « 2 - 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
Clock1800 - 4800 MHz2000 - 4500 MHz
L1 Cache1.2 MB1.1 MB
L2 Cache11.5 MB10 MB
L3 Cache24 MB18 MB
Cores / Threads14 / 2012 / 16
TDP45 Watt45 Watt
Technology10 nm10 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C
SocketBGA1744BGA1744
FeaturesDDR4-3200/LPDDR4x-4266/DDR5-4800/LPDDR5-5200 RAM, PCIe 4, Thread Director, DL Boost, GNA, Remote Platform Erase, 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 B,., GNA, vPro En., RPE, 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 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 - i7-12800H
43.4 pt (60%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 9777     avg: 14387     median: 15283 (14%)     max: 16597 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1796     avg: 1824     median: 1828 (78%)     max: 1859 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 690     avg: 703     median: 706 (78%)     max: 714 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 3741     avg: 5443     median: 5731 (14%)     max: 6433 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1566     avg: 2236     median: 2222 (14%)     max: 2697 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 242     avg: 260     median: 265 (80%)     max: 269 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 44553     avg: 59950     median: 62100 (36%)     max: 68930 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 5726     avg: 5835     median: 5820 (70%)     max: 5976 MIPS
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 11.7     avg: 16.3     median: 16.8 (30%)     max: 19.4 fps
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
337 Seconds (4%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 192     avg: 233.2     median: 222 (2%)     max: 306 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.4442     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (10%)     max: 0.4715 sec
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 15130     avg: 21336     median: 22022 (60%)     max: 24746 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
79353 Points (64%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 12719     avg: 17648     median: 18989 (48%)     max: 19895 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 21866     avg: 27059     median: 27907 (50%)     max: 29584 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 9325     avg: 11508     median: 11786 (50%)     max: 13353 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1739     avg: 1790     median: 1771 (75%)     max: 1842 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 9607     avg: 11957     median: 12434 (22%)     max: 12940 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 510     avg: 520     median: 513 (1%)     max: 542 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
91965 Points (83%)
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
265 Points (76%)
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 284     avg: 294.8     median: 294.5 (61%)     max: 306 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1768     avg: 1800     median: 1790 (69%)     max: 1843 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 67.7     avg: 108.7     median: 118 (20%)     max: 126 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 84.3     avg: 135.4     median: 143 (26%)     max: 158 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 14.1     avg: 16.4     median: 16.5 (12%)     max: 18.6 Points per Watt

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