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Intel Core i7-12850HX vs Intel Core i5-12600HX

Intel Core i7-12850HX

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The Intel Core i7-12850HX is a high-end mobile CPU for laptops based on the Alder Lake architecture. It was announced in mid 2022 and offers 8 performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores support Hyper-Threading leading to 24 supported threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock rate ranges from 2.1 to 4.8 GHz on the performance cluster and 1.5 to 3.4 GHz on the efficiency cluster. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare with the Core i7-6920HQ). All cores can use up to 25 MB L3 cache. The i7-12850HX is a successor to the mobile Xeon CPUs and offers vPro management features and ECC memory support. CPU overclocking however is limited compared to the consumer i7-12800HX.

Features

The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to DDR5-4800 and DDR4-3200. 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 supports 48 PCIe lanes consisting of 16 Gen5 (x16 or 2x8), 20 Gen4 and 12 Gen3.

The integrated graphics adapter is based on the Xe-architecture and offers 32 EUs (Execution Units) operating at up to 1.45 GHz.

Performance

The average 12850HX in our database is in the same league as the Ryzen 7 7840HS, Ryzen 9 7940HS, Core i7-12700H, Core i9-12900H, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned. This is a very fast chip, as of early 2023.

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

Power consumption

The chip's "minimum assured" power consumption sits at 45 W. Its Turbo power consumption is not supposed to go over 157 W; its Base power consumption is supposed to be around 55 W. Most laptop makers will probably go for a value higher than 55 W to get better performance.

The i7-12850HX is built with Intel's 4th generation 10 nm process marketed as Intel 7 for average, as of early 2023, energy efficiency.

Intel Core i5-12600HX

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The Intel Core i5-12600HX is a upper mid-range mobile CPU for laptops based on the Alder Lake-S chip. It was announced in mid 2022 and offers 4 of the 8 performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and 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 2.5 to 4.6 GHz on the performance cluster and 1.8 to 3.3 GHz on the efficiency cluster. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare with the Core i7-6920HQ). All cores can use up to 18 MB L3 cache. The CPU supports vPro and ECC memory and is therefore a successor to the mobile Xeon CPUs.

Performance

While we have not tested a single system built around the 12600HX as of August 2023, we have tested several systems featuring the i5-12500H, a CPU with similar specs (4 P-cores mated to 8 E-cores, all running at pretty much the same clock speeds as what the 12600HX has). Based on that, expect the 12600HX to be very close to the Ryzen 9 6900HS, Ryzen 9 6900HX and also the Core i7-12650H, as far as multi-thread benchmark scores are concerned.

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

Features

The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to DDR5-4800 and DDR4-3200. 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 supports 48 PCIe lanes consisting of 16 Gen5 (x16 or 2x8), 20 Gen4 and 12 Gen3.

The integrated graphics card is based on the Xe-architecture and offers 32 EUs (Execution Units) operating at up to 1.35 GHz.

The CPU is rated at 55 W base power (157 W PL2). The SoC is manufactured on a 10nm process at Intel, which is known as Intel 7.

ModelIntel Core i7-12850HXIntel Core i5-12600HX
SeriesIntel Alder Lake-SIntel Alder Lake-S
CodenameAlder Lake-HXAlder Lake-HX
Series: Alder Lake-S Alder Lake-HX
Intel Core i9-12950HX compare1.7 - 5 GHz16 / 24 cores30 MB L3
Intel Core i9-12900HX compare1.7 - 5 GHz16 / 24 cores30 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12850HX « 1.5 - 4.8 GHz16 / 24 cores25 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12800HX compare1.5 - 4.8 GHz16 / 24 cores25 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12650HX compare1.5 - 4.7 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-12600HX1.8 - 4.6 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-12450HX compare1.8 - 4.4 GHz8 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i9-12950HX compare1.7 - 5 GHz16 / 24 cores30 MB L3
Intel Core i9-12900HX compare1.7 - 5 GHz16 / 24 cores30 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12850HX1.5 - 4.8 GHz16 / 24 cores25 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12800HX compare1.5 - 4.8 GHz16 / 24 cores25 MB L3
Intel Core i7-12650HX compare1.5 - 4.7 GHz14 / 20 cores24 MB L3
Intel Core i5-12600HX « 1.8 - 4.6 GHz12 / 16 cores18 MB L3
Intel Core i5-12450HX compare1.8 - 4.4 GHz8 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Clock1500 - 4800 MHz1800 - 4600 MHz
L1 Cache1.4 MB1.1 MB
L2 Cache14 MB10 MB
L3 Cache25 MB18 MB
Cores / Threads16 / 2412 / 16
TDP55 Watt55 Watt
Technology10 nm10 nm
max. Temp.100 °C100 °C
SocketBGA1964BGA1964
FeaturesDDR4-3200/DDR5-4800 RAM, PCIe 5, Thr. Director, DL Boost, GNA, vPro Enterp., 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/DDR5-4800 RAM (incl. ECC), PCIe 5, Thr. Dir., DL B., GNA, vPro Ent., MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, VMX, SMEP, SMAP, EIST, TM1, TM2, HT, Turbo, SST, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 770 ( - 1450 MHz)Intel UHD Graphics 770 ( - 1350 MHz)
Architecturex86x86
Announced
Manufacturerark.intel.comark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU - i7-12850HX
43.6 pt (60%)
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 15093     avg: 16302     median: 16301.5 (15%)     max: 17510 Points
Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1596     avg: 1721     median: 1720.5 (73%)     max: 1845 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 687     avg: 698     median: 697.5 (78%)     max: 708 Points
Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 6217     avg: 6491     median: 6490.5 (16%)     max: 6764 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 2432     avg: 2679     median: 2679 (17%)     max: 2926 Points
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 253     avg: 260.5     median: 260.5 (78%)     max: 268 Points
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 53893     avg: 61679     median: 61678.5 (35%)     max: 69464 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 5608     avg: 5762     median: 5762 (69%)     max: 5916 MIPS
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 17.2     avg: 17.3     median: 17.3 (30%)     max: 17.3 fps
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CPU *
min: 312     avg: 329.3     median: 317 (4%)     max: 359 Seconds
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 181     avg: 193     median: 193 (1%)     max: 205 Seconds
R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.45     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (10%)     max: 0.4698 sec
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 16761     avg: 19512     median: 20333 (55%)     max: 21441 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 16571     avg: 18022     median: 18354 (46%)     max: 19141 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 23868     avg: 26188     median: 26688 (48%)     max: 28009 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 11906     avg: 12685     median: 12936 (55%)     max: 13213 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1777     avg: 1782     median: 1782 (75%)     max: 1787 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 11509     avg: 12302     median: 12302 (22%)     max: 13095 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1718 Points (7%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
11363 Points (36%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 516     avg: 522     median: 522 (1%)     max: 528 ms
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
min: 206     avg: 232     median: 232 (67%)     max: 258 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 265     avg: 284.5     median: 284.5 (59%)     max: 304 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1509     avg: 1615     median: 1614.5 (62%)     max: 1720 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 132.7     avg: 140.8     median: 140.8 (24%)     max: 148.8 Watt
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 71.5     avg: 128.7     median: 128.7 (23%)     max: 185.9 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption - external Monitor *
24.1 Watt (16%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
7.5 Watt (8%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 13.1     avg: 27     median: 27 (20%)     max: 40.9 Points per Watt

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