Intel Core i7-12650HX Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-03-05

The Intel Core i7-12650HX has 14 cores with 20 threads and is based on the 12. gen of the Intel Core i7 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1744 socket and was released in Q2/2022. The Intel Core i7-12650HX scores 1,781 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 11,345 points.

CPU lineage
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Name:	Intel Core i7-12650HX
Family:	Intel Core i7 (298)
CPU group:	Intel Core i 12000H (23)
Architecture:	Alder Lake H
Segment:	Mobile
Generation:	12
Predecessor:	--
Successor:	Intel Core i7-13650HX

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-12650HX has 14 CPU cores and can calculate 20 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-12650HX is 2.00 GHz (4.70 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:	14 / 20
Core architecture:	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
A-Core:	6x Golden Cove
B-Core:	8x Gracemont

Hyperthreading / SMT:	Yes
Overclocking:	Yes
A-Core Frequency:	2.00 GHz (4.70 GHz)
B-Core Frequency:	1.50 GHz (3.30 GHz)

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.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i7-12650HX has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i7-12650HX uses the Intel UHD Graphics 770, which has 256 texture shaders and 32 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency:	0.30 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.45 GHz
Compute units:	32
Shader:	256
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q4/2021

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	11
Direct X:	12
Technology:	10 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	64 GB
Frame Generation:	No

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.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):	Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):	Decode / Encode
h264:	Decode / Encode
VP8:	Decode / Encode
VP9:	Decode / Encode

AV1:	Decode
AVC:	Decode / Encode
VC-1:	Decode
JPEG:	Decode / Encode

Memory type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 128 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 83.2 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

LPDDR5-5200 LPDDR4X-4266 DDR5-4800 DDR4-3200	83.2 GB/s 68.2 GB/s 76.8 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
Max. Memory:	128 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	No
PCIe:	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth:	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 55 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	55 W
TDP (PL2):	157 W
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	45 W
Tjunction max.:	100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-12650HX is made in 10 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 24.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	10 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	BGA 1744
L2-Cache:	--
L3-Cache:	24.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
Operating systems:	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux

Virtualization:	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Instruction set (ISA):	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release date:	Q2/2022
Release price:	--
Part Number:	--
Documents:	Technical data sheet

Intel Core i7-12650HX
14C 20T @ 2.00 GHz (4.70 GHz)

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Benchmark results

The benchmark results for the Intel Core i7-12650HX have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.

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 i7-12800H 14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz	1784
	Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) 10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz	1783
	Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) 10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz	1783
	Intel Core i7-12650HX 14C 20T @ 4.70 GHz	1781
	Intel Core i5-13600H 12C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	1780
	Intel Core i7-12650H 10C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	1780
	Intel Core i5-13500T 14C 20T @ 4.60 GHz	1779

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.


	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X 16C 32T @ 3.50 GHz	11370
	Intel Core i5-13450HX 10C 16T @ 4.00 GHz	11353
	Intel Xeon E5-2697 v3 14C 28T @ 3.10 GHz	11347
	Intel Core i7-12650HX 14C 20T @ 2.00 GHz	11345
	Intel Core i9-10900KF 10C 20T @ 4.90 GHz	11344
	Intel Core i9-10900K 10C 20T @ 4.90 GHz	11344
	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 8840HS 8C 16T @ 3.75 GHz	11334

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 i7-1270P 12C 16T @ 4.80 GHz	2164
	Intel Core i7-1365U 10C 12T @ 5.20 GHz	2164
	Intel Xeon W-11955M 8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz	2164
	Intel Core i7-12650HX 14C 20T @ 4.70 GHz	2162
	Intel Processor U300 5C 6T @ 4.40 GHz	2158
	Intel Core i7-12650H 10C 16T @ 4.70 GHz	2157
	Intel Core i3-12100F 4C 8T @ 4.30 GHz	2157

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 Xeon W-2265 12C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	10869
	Intel Xeon W-2195 18C 36T @ 3.40 GHz	10864
	Intel Core i9-9940X 14C 28T @ 4.20 GHz	10820
	Intel Core i7-12650HX 14C 20T @ 2.00 GHz	10785
	Intel Xeon W-3275M 28C 56T @ 3.40 GHz	10762
	Intel Xeon Gold 6226R 16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz	10756
	Intel Core i5-13490F 10C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	10750

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 i7-4750HQ Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 @ 1.20 GHz	768
	Apple A14 Bionic Apple A14 @ 1.46 GHz	749
	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Qualcomm Adreno 730 @ 0.82 GHz	745
	Intel Core i7-12650HX Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.45 GHz	742
	Intel Core i7-12800HX Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.45 GHz	742
	Intel Core i5-11500B Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.45 GHz	742
	Intel Core i7-11600H Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.45 GHz	742

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 Xeon Gold 6226R 16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz	27099
	Intel Xeon Gold 6208U 16C 32T @ 2.60 GHz	27092
	Intel Core i7-13620H 10C 16T @ 4.40 GHz	27060
	Intel Core i7-12650HX 14C 20T @ 2.00 GHz	27035
	Intel Core i9-7960X 16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz	27022
	Intel Xeon Gold 6230 20C 40T @ 2.50 GHz	26897
	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz	26815

Benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,754 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,702 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,026 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
512 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,392 entries

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