Intel Core i9-12950HX vs Intel Core i7-12700H

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Intel Core i9-12950HX CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i7-12700H
Intel Core i9-12950HX Intel Core i7-12700H

CPU comparison

Intel Core i9-12950HX or Intel Core i7-12700H - 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 i9-12950HX has 16 cores with 24 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.00 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-12950HX was released in Q2/2022.

The Intel Core i7-12700H has 14 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.70 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-12700H was released in Q1/2022.
Intel Core i9 (78) Family Intel Core i7 (293)
Intel Core i 12000H (23) CPU group Intel Core i 12000H (23)
12 Generation 12
Alder Lake H Architecture Alder Lake H
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
Intel Core i9-13950HX Successor Intel Core i7-13700H

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i9-12950HX has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 24 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-12950HX is 2.30 GHz (5.00 GHz) while the Intel Core i7-12700H has 14 CPU cores and 20 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-12700H is at 2.30 GHz (4.70 GHz).

Intel Core i9-12950HX Characteristic Intel Core i7-12700H
16 Cores 14
24 Threads 20
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
Yes Overclocking ? No
2.30 GHz (5.00 GHz)
8x Golden Cove
A-Core 2.30 GHz (4.70 GHz)
6x Golden Cove
1.70 GHz (3.60 GHz)
8x Gracemont
B-Core 1.70 GHz (3.50 GHz)
8x Gracemont

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 i9-12950HX Characteristic Intel Core i7-12700H
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i9-12950HX or Intel Core i7-12700H has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel UHD Graphics 770 GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.40 GHz
1.55 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.40 GHz
11 GPU Generation 13
10 nm Technology 10 nm
3 Max. displays 4
32 Compute units 96
256 Shader 768
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
64 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
12 DirectX Version 12.1

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 Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder 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 / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
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 i9-12950HX can use up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 83.2 GB/s. The Intel Core i7-12700H supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 83.2 GB/s.

Intel Core i9-12950HX Characteristic Intel Core i7-12700H
LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
128 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
83.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 83.2 GB/s
Yes ECC No
14.00 MB L2 Cache 11.50 MB
30.00 MB L3 Cache 24.00 MB
5.0 PCIe version 4.0
20 PCIe lanes 20
78.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i9-12950HX is 55 W, while the Intel Core i7-12700H has a TDP of 45 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i9-12950HX Characteristic Intel Core i7-12700H
55 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 45 W
157 W TDP (PL2) 115 W
-- TDP up --
45 W TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i9-12950HX is manufactured in 10 nm and has 44.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i7-12700H is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 35.50 MB cache.

Intel Core i9-12950HX Characteristic Intel Core i7-12700H
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, AVX2, AVX2+
BGA 1744 Socket BGA 1744
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 Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2022 Release date Q1/2022
590 $ Release price 457 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 i9-12950HX Intel Core i9-12950HX
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz
1927 (100%)
Intel Core i7-12700H Intel Core i7-12700H
14C 20T @ 4.70 GHz
1806 (94%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 i9-12950HX Intel Core i9-12950HX
16C 24T @ 2.30 GHz
19655 (100%)
Intel Core i7-12700H Intel Core i7-12700H
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
15453 (79%)

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 i9-12950HX Intel Core i9-12950HX
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz
1861 (100%)
Intel Core i7-12700H Intel Core i7-12700H
14C 20T @ 4.70 GHz
1607 (86%)

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 i9-12950HX Intel Core i9-12950HX
16C 24T @ 2.30 GHz
15711 (100%)
Intel Core i7-12700H Intel Core i7-12700H
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
12103 (77%)

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 i9-12950HX Intel Core i9-12950HX
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz
2349 (100%)
Intel Core i7-12700H Intel Core i7-12700H
14C 20T @ 4.70 GHz
2280 (97%)

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 i9-12950HX Intel Core i9-12950HX
16C 24T @ 2.30 GHz
13649 (100%)
Intel Core i7-12700H Intel Core i7-12700H
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
11424 (84%)

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 i9-12950HX Intel Core i9-12950HX
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.55 GHz
794 (37%)
Intel Core i7-12700H Intel Core i7-12700H
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.40 GHz
2146 (100%)

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 i9-12950HX Intel Core i9-12950HX
16C 24T @ 2.30 GHz
36411 (100%)
Intel Core i7-12700H Intel Core i7-12700H
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
26713 (73%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i9-12950HX Intel Core i9-12950HX
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-12700H Intel Core i7-12700H
14C 20T @ 4.70 GHz
103 (100%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i9-12950HX Intel Core i9-12950HX
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-12700H Intel Core i7-12700H
14C 20T @ 4.70 GHz
916 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 i9-12950HX Intel Core i9-12950HX
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-12700H Intel Core i7-12700H
14C 20T @ 4.70 GHz
694 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 i9-12950HX Intel Core i9-12950HX
16C 24T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-12700H Intel Core i7-12700H
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
7170 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Core i9-12950HX Intel Core i9-12950HX
16C 24T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-12700H Intel Core i7-12700H
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
131 (100%)

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)

Efficiency of the processor under full load in the Cinebench R23 (multi-core) benchmark. The benchmark result is divided by the average energy required (CPU package power in watts). The higher the value, the more efficient the CPU is under full load.
Intel Core i9-12950HX Intel Core i9-12950HX
2.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i7-12700H Intel Core i7-12700H
15,453 CB R23 MC @ 96 W
161 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i9-12950HX Intel Core i7-12700H
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