Intel Core i7-12800HX vs Intel Celeron N3160

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-12800HX CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron N3160
Intel Core i7-12800HX Intel Celeron N3160

CPU comparison

Intel Core i7-12800HX or Intel Celeron N3160 - 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 i7-12800HX has 16 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.80 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-12800HX was released in Q2/2022.

The Intel Celeron N3160 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.24 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron N3160 was released in Q1/2016.
Intel Core i7 (298) Family Intel Celeron (165)
Intel Core i 12000H (23) CPU group Intel Celeron J3000/N3000 (10)
12 Generation 8
Alder Lake H Architecture Braswell
Mobile Segment Mobile
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CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-12800HX is a 16 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz (4.80 GHz). The Intel Celeron N3160 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.60 GHz (2.24 GHz).
Intel Core i7-12800HX Characteristic Intel Celeron N3160
16 Cores 4
24 Threads 4
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
Yes Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz (4.80 GHz)
8x Golden Cove		 A-Core 1.60 GHz (2.24 GHz)
1.50 GHz (3.40 GHz)
8x Gracemont		 B-Core --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
Intel Core i7-12800HX Characteristic Intel Celeron N3160
-- AI hardware --
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Internal Graphics

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 UHD Graphics 770 GPU Intel HD Graphics 400
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.32 GHz
1.45 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.64 GHz
11 GPU Generation 8
10 nm Technology 14 nm
3 Max. displays 3
32 Compute units 12
256 Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
64 GB Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
12 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 UHD Graphics 770 GPU Intel HD Graphics 400
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i7-12800HX supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron N3160 can connect up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Intel Core i7-12800HX Characteristic Intel Celeron N3160
LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 Memory DDR3L-1600
128 GB Max. Memory 8 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
83.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
14.00 MB L2 Cache --
25.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
5.0 PCIe version 2.0
20 PCIe lanes 4
78.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 2.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i7-12800HX has a TDP of 55 W, that of the Intel Celeron N3160 is 6 W.
Intel Core i7-12800HX Characteristic Intel Celeron N3160
55 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
157 W TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
45 W TDP down 4 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 90 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-12800HX has a 39.00 MB cache, while the Intel Celeron N3160 cache has a total of 2.00 MB.
Intel Core i7-12800HX Characteristic Intel Celeron N3160
10 nm Technology 14 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 1170
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q2/2022 Release date Q1/2016
457 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-12800HX (100%)
Intel Celeron N3160 (11%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-12800HX (100%)
Intel Celeron N3160 (4%)

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 i7-12800HX Intel Core i7-12800HX
16C 24T @ 4.80 GHz
1788 (100%)
Intel Celeron N3160 Intel Celeron N3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
228 (13%)

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 i7-12800HX Intel Core i7-12800HX
16C 24T @ 2.00 GHz
13824 (100%)
Intel Celeron N3160 Intel Celeron N3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
774 (6%)

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 i7-12800HX Intel Core i7-12800HX
16C 24T @ 4.80 GHz
2239 (100%)
Intel Celeron N3160 Intel Celeron N3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
179 (8%)

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 i7-12800HX Intel Core i7-12800HX
16C 24T @ 2.00 GHz
13946 (100%)
Intel Celeron N3160 Intel Celeron N3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
512 (4%)

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 i7-12800HX Intel Core i7-12800HX
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.45 GHz
742 (100%)
Intel Celeron N3160 Intel Celeron N3160
Intel HD Graphics 400 @ 0.64 GHz
134 (18%)

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 i7-12800HX Intel Core i7-12800HX
16C 24T @ 2.00 GHz
33567 (100%)
Intel Celeron N3160 Intel Celeron N3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
1165 (3%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-12800HX Intel Core i7-12800HX
16C 24T @ 4.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N3160 Intel Celeron N3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
38 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-12800HX Intel Core i7-12800HX
16C 24T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N3160 Intel Celeron N3160
4C 4T @ 2.24 GHz
136 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Core i7-12800HX Intel Celeron N3160
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