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Intel Core i7 11800H vs i5 12450H

44 out of 100
Intel Core i7 11800H
VS
46 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12450H
Intel Core i7 11800H
Intel Core i5 12450H

We compared two 8-core laptop CPUs: the 1.9-2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 11800H 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 11800H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 11800H
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.6 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i5 12450H
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics (48EU) integrated graphics: 0.9 vs 0.7 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 8 months later
  • 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2246 vs 1962 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 11800H
vs
Core i5 12450H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 392 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 1974 -
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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 765.8 MB/sec 719.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 64.3 Klines/sec 57.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 189.5 pages/sec 201.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 281.6 Mpixels/sec 238.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 186.6 pages/sec 230.7 pages/sec
Background blur 37.7 images/sec 39.5 images/sec
Photo processing 78.7 images/sec 74.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 15.3 Mpixels/sec 12.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 699 & 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 11800H +23%
19594
Core i5 12450H
15893
Integer math 70.2 GOps/sec 54.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 41.7 GOps/sec 40 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 83M Primes/sec 44M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 28M Strings/sec 20.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 12 GBytes/sec 10.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 233.7 MBytes/sec 190.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 919 Frames/sec 853 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.7B Matrices/sec 11.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 12773 & 7165 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 11800H +34%
154.87
Core i5 12450H
115.78

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 11.6 PPW 13.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 199.7 PPW 188.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 435.4 PPW 353.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.44 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 11800H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (peppew517)Cinebench 202487 / 667
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (peppew517)Cinebench 20260 / 0
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-25 (peppew517)Geekbench 6 CPU2193 / 10451
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-15 (MSI)Cinebench 2026392 / 1974
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (SMS)Geekbench 6 CPU2006 / 9389
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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 11800H and i5 12450H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released May 11, 2021 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Tiger Lake Alder Lake
Model number i7-11800H i5-12450H
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU) UHD Graphics (48EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 5800H -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H - Intel Core 5 210H
Intel CPU rating (194th and 182nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 4
P-Threads 16 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.9-2.3 GHz 2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.6 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 19-23x 20x
Bus Bandwidth 8 GT/s -
L1 Cache 96K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) - 95 W
Socket BGA-1787 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU) Intel UHD Graphics (48EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 1200 MHz
Shading Units 256 384
TMUs 16 24
ROPs 8 12
Execution Units 32 48
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 11800H
0.7 TFLOPS
Core i5 12450H +29%
0.9 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU) compared to Graphics Xe (32 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR4-3200 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 11800H official page Intel Core i5 12450H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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