Intel Core i7-12800HE vs Intel Pentium J6426

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-12800HE CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium J6426
Intel Core i7-12800HE Intel Pentium J6426

CPU comparison

Intel Core i7-12800HE or Intel Pentium J6426 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i7-12800HE has 14 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.60 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-12800HE was released in Q1/2022.

The Intel Pentium J6426 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Pentium J6426 was released in Q1/2021.
Intel Core i7 (298) Family Intel Pentium (150)
Intel Core i 12000H (23) CPU group Intel Pentium N6200/J6400/N6400 (3)
12 Generation 11
Alder Lake H Architecture Elkhart Lake
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
Intel Core i7-13800HE Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-12800HE is a 14 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.40 GHz (4.60 GHz). The Intel Pentium J6426 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz (3.00 GHz).

Intel Core i7-12800HE Characteristic Intel Pentium J6426
14 Cores 4
20 Threads 4
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz (4.60 GHz)
6x Golden Cove
A-Core 2.00 GHz (3.00 GHz)
1.80 GHz (3.50 GHz)
8x Gracemont
B-Core --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Intel Core i7-12800HE Characteristic Intel Pentium J6426
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) GPU Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Elkhart Lake)
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
1.40 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.85 GHz
13 GPU Generation 11
10 nm Technology 10 nm
4 Max. displays 3
96 Compute units 32
768 Shader 256
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
12.1 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) GPU Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Elkhart Lake)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i7-12800HE supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium J6426 can connect up to 32 GB of memory in 4 memory channels.

Intel Core i7-12800HE Characteristic Intel Pentium J6426
LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR4X-3200, LPDDR4-3200, DDR4-3200
64 GB Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
83.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s
No ECC No
11.50 MB L2 Cache 1.50 MB
24.00 MB L3 Cache --
4.0 PCIe version 3.0
28 PCIe lanes 8
55.1 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i7-12800HE has a TDP of 45 W, that of the Intel Pentium J6426 is 10 W.

Intel Core i7-12800HE Characteristic Intel Pentium J6426
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 10 W
115 W TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
35 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-12800HE has a 35.50 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium J6426 cache has a total of 1.50 MB.

Intel Core i7-12800HE Characteristic Intel Pentium J6426
10 nm Technology 10 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
BGA 1744 Socket BGA 1493
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems
Q1/2022 Release date Q1/2021
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-12800HE (100%)
Intel Pentium J6426 (31%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-12800HE (100%)
Intel Pentium J6426 (14%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-12800HE Intel Core i7-12800HE
14C 20T @ 4.60 GHz
1753 (100%)
Intel Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
665 (38%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-12800HE Intel Core i7-12800HE
14C 20T @ 3.40 GHz
12465 (100%)
Intel Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
1880 (15%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i7-12800HE Intel Core i7-12800HE
14C 20T @ 4.60 GHz
2196 (100%)
Intel Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 3.00 GHz
525 (24%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i7-12800HE Intel Core i7-12800HE
14C 20T @ 3.40 GHz
12167 (100%)
Intel Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
1245 (10%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i7-12800HE Intel Core i7-12800HE
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.40 GHz
2146 (100%)
Intel Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
Intel UHD Graphics 32 EUs (Elkhart Lake) @ 0.85 GHz
456 (21%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i7-12800HE Intel Core i7-12800HE
14C 20T @ 3.40 GHz
24605 (100%)
Intel Pentium J6426 Intel Pentium J6426
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
4150 (17%)

Devices using this processor

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