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Intel Core i7 12650H vs Core 7 240H

50 out of 100
Intel Core i7 12650H
VS
56 out of 100
Intel Core 7 240H
Intel Core i7 12650H
Intel Core 7 240H

We compared two 10-core laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 12650H against the 2.5 GHz Core 7 240H. 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 240H and 12650H
Advantages of Intel Core 7 240H
  • Newer - released 3 years later
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 12650H
vs
Core 7 240H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#199th place)
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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)
Core i7 12650H
2293
Core 7 240H +6%
2421
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12650H
10434
Core 7 240H +25%
13094
File compression 786 MB/sec 1220 MB/sec
Clang compilation 76 Klines/sec 94.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 237.9 pages/sec 342 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 302.7 Mpixels/sec 390.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 234.7 pages/sec 262 pages/sec
Background blur 47.2 images/sec 54.8 images/sec
Photo processing 88.5 images/sec 129.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.3 Mpixels/sec 19.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1] – 1022 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Core i7 12650H
3474
Core 7 240H +9%
3784
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12650H
21281
Core 7 240H +13%
23981
Integer math 71.9 GOps/sec 80.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 53.5 GOps/sec 58.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 88M Primes/sec 102M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 26M Strings/sec 28.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.6 GBytes/sec 15.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 241.9 MBytes/sec 272 MBytes/sec
Physics 1374 Frames/sec 1723 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15B Matrices/sec 16.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4012 & 979 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 12650H
158.32
Core 7 240H +24%
197.09

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16 PPW 18.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 231.9 PPW 291 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 472.9 PPW 532.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.52 PPW 4.38 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12650H and Core 7 240H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 4, 2022 December 18, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Raptor Lake
Model number i7-12650H 240H
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (64EU) Iris Xe Graphics (64EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H -
Intel CPU rating (156th and 103rd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 2.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 5.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.7 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 10
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 25x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 24MB (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) 115 W 115 W
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100°C 100°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (64EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 1550 MHz
Shading Units 512 512
TMUs 32 32
ROPs 16 16
Execution Units 64 64
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 12650H
1.4 TFLOPS
Core 7 240H +14%
1.6 TFLOPS
See: Intel UHD Graphics (64 EU) benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR5-6400
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 12650H official page Intel Core 7 240H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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4 (36.4%)
7 (63.6%)
Total votes: 11

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Comments

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