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Intel Core i7 10870H vs i5 12450H

36 out of 100
Intel Core i7 10870H
VS
46 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12450H
Intel Core i7 10870H
Intel Core i5 12450H

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 10870H against the 2 GHz i5 12450H. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 12450H and 10870H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 10870H
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-2933 RAM
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 14% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12450H
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics (48EU) integrated graphics: 0.9 vs 0.5 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 10 versus 14 nanometers
  • 42% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2187 vs 1538 points
  • Newer - released 1 year and 4 months later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 4.0

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 10870H
vs
Core i5 12450H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 518.2 MB/sec 719.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 52.6 Klines/sec 57.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 158.8 pages/sec 201.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 235.5 Mpixels/sec 238.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 146.2 pages/sec 230.7 pages/sec
Background blur 33.3 images/sec 39.5 images/sec
Photo processing 59.3 images/sec 74.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 11.3 Mpixels/sec 12.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1028 & 757 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 10870H
13944
Core i5 12450H +14%
15893
Integer math 51.4 GOps/sec 54.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 32.4 GOps/sec 40 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 42M Primes/sec 44M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 27.2M Strings/sec 20.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 4.7 GBytes/sec 10.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 214.2 MBytes/sec 190.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 724 Frames/sec 853 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 13.4B Matrices/sec 11.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1886 & 7165 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 10870H +4%
120.25
Core i5 12450H
115.78

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 12 PPW 13.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 154.6 PPW 206.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 309.9 PPW 353.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 2.67 PPW 2.57 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i7 10870H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-25 (Unknown User)Geekbench 6 CPU1891 / 8554
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Intel Core i5 12450H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-16 -> dmytrokobzarGeekbench 6 CPU2342 / 9865
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-03 (Burnt_T0ast)Geekbench 6 CPU2342 / 8962
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-23 (atlas)Geekbench 6 CPU2181 / 7757
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-08 (Raj)Cinebench 202491 / 588
πŸ“˜ 2024-01-30 (black lee)Cinebench 202491 / 601
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 10870H and i5 12450H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released September 10, 2020 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Comet Lake Alder Lake
Model number i7-10870H i5-12450H
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 630 UHD Graphics (48EU)
Successor - - Intel Core 5 210H
Intel CPU rating (#182nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 4
P-Threads 16 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.2 GHz 2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 4
E-Threads - 4
Base Frequency (E) - 1.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 8
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 22x 20x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 256K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 14 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 45 W 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 95 W
Socket BGA-1440 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 630 Intel UHD Graphics (48EU)
GPU Base Clock 350 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1200 MHz 1200 MHz
Shading Units 192 384
TMUs 24 24
ROPs 3 12
Execution Units 24 48
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 10870H
0.5 TFLOPS
Core i5 12450H +80%
0.9 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU) compared to Graphics 630

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-2933 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 45.8 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 10870H official page Intel Core i5 12450H official page
PCI Express Version 3.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 28

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Choose between two processors
6 (54.5%)
5 (45.5%)
Total votes: 11

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Comments

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