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Intel Core i7-12650HX vs Apple A18

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 64 %
Intel Core i7-12650HX
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A18
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-12650HX
Rank 2 - 78 %
Apple A18
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i7-12650HX
14C / 20T · 4.70 GHz
2,162
Apple A18
Apple A18 100 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
3,384
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-12650HX
14C / 20T · 2.00 GHz
10,785
Apple A18
Apple A18 78 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
8,430
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i7-12650HX
Intel UHD Graphics 770
742
Apple A18
Apple A18 100 %
Apple A18 (5 GPU Cores)
2,150

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At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i7-12650HXApple A18
FamilyIntel Core i7 (300)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupIntel Core i 12000H (23)Apple A18 (2)
ArchitectureAlder Lake HDonan
Technology10 nm3 nm
SegmentNotebookSmartphone / Tablet
SocketLGA 1700
PredecessorApple A16 Bionic
SuccessorIntel Core i7-13650HXApple A19

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i7-12650HXApple A18
CPU Cores / Threads14 / 206 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 6x Golden Cove
2.00 - 4.70 GHz
2x Donan P-Core
0.70 - 4.04 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 8x Gracemont
1.50 - 3.30 GHz
4x Donan E-Core
0.74 - 2.30 GHz
L2-Cache20.00 MB
L3-Cache24.00 MB24.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i7-12650HXApple A18
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 770Apple A18 (5 GPU Cores)
GPU frequency0.30 - 1.45 GHz0.39 - 1.68 GHz
CUs / Shader32 / 25620 / 640
Raytracing
Max. displays31
Max. GPU Memory64 GB8 GB
Technology10 nm3 nm
Release dateQ4/2021Q3/2024

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i7-12650HXApple A18
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i7-12650HXApple A18
MemoryLPDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s)
DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-7500 (60.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB8 GB
Memory channels21
ECCNoNo
PCIe5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i7-12650HXApple A18
TDP55 W12 W
TDP (PL2)157 W
TDP up
TDP down45 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i7-12650HXApple A18
Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxiOS
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)Armv9-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release dateQ2/2022Q3/2024
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i7-12650HX
Intel Core i7-12650HX
14C / 20T · 2.00 - 4.70 GHz
Apple A18
Apple A18
6C / 6T · 0.70 - 4.04 GHz

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