Intel Core i7 1165G7 vs i5 12500H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.2-2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 1165G7 with 4-cores against the 2.5 GHz i5 12500H with 12-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
NanoReview Final Score
Generic CPU rating

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 12500H and 1165G7
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1165G7
  • More powerful Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU integrated graphics: 1.69 vs 1.41 TFLOPS
  • 4% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12500H
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 1-year and 4-months later
  • Has 6144 KB larger L3 cache size
  • 20% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2180 vs 1821 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench R23

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
13244

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 717.1 MB/sec 867.4 MB/sec
Clang compilation 28.1 Klines/sec 62.8 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 129.3 pages/sec 235.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 155.9 Mpixels/sec 291 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 151.4 pages/sec 231.7 pages/sec
Background blur 24.7 images/sec 37.7 images/sec
Photo processing 68 images/sec 96.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 5.74 Mpixels/sec 13.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
21441
Integer math 34.3 GOps/sec 74 GOps/sec
Floating point math 20.4 GOps/sec 54.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 47M Primes/sec 60M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 13.1M Strings/sec 29.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 5.8 GBytes/sec 15.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 107.4 MBytes/sec 264.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 739 Frames/sec 1055 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 7.6B Matrices/sec 15.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4]
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 1165G7 and i5 12500H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released September 2, 2020 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
instruction set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake Alder Lake
Model number i7-1165G7 i5-12500H
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.2-2.8 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores - 8
E-Threads - 8
Base Frequency (E) - 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) - 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 4 12
Total Threads 8 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 12-28x 25x
Bus Bandwidth 4 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 18MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 12-28 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 95 W
Socket BGA-1449 BGA-1744
Peak temperature 100°C 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1300 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 768 640
TMUs 48 40
ROPs 24 20
Execution Units 96 80
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
1.69 TFLOPS
1.41 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory types - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
- DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Max. Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official site Intel Core i7 1165G7 official page Intel Core i5 12500H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 16 28

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i5 12500H or i7 1165G7?
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Nerd 14 May 2023 03:36
The i5-12500 beast of a CPU can easily devour your gaming needs with 12 cores and paired up with a good gpu 10/10.
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