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Intel Core i7 12650H vs i7 11800H

50 out of 100
Intel Core i7 12650H
VS
44 out of 100
Intel Core i7 11800H
Intel Core i7 12650H
Intel Core i7 11800H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 12650H with 10-cores against the 1.9-2.3 GHz i7 11800H with 8-cores. 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 11800H and 12650H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12650H
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) integrated graphics: 1.4 vs 0.7 TFLOPS
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 17% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2293 vs 1962 points
  • Newer - released 8 months later
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i7 11800H
  • Supports up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 RAM

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 12650H
vs
Core i7 11800H

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)
Core i7 12650H +16%
10434
Core i7 11800H
8986
File compression 786 MB/sec 765.8 MB/sec
Clang compilation 76 Klines/sec 64.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 237.9 pages/sec 189.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 302.7 Mpixels/sec 281.6 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 234.7 pages/sec 186.6 pages/sec
Background blur 47.2 images/sec 37.7 images/sec
Photo processing 88.5 images/sec 78.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.3 Mpixels/sec 15.3 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1022 & 699 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12650H +9%
21281
Core i7 11800H
19594
Integer math 71.9 GOps/sec 70.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 53.5 GOps/sec 41.7 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 88M Primes/sec 83M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 26M Strings/sec 28M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.6 GBytes/sec 12 GBytes/sec
Data compression 241.9 MBytes/sec 233.7 MBytes/sec
Physics 1374 Frames/sec 919 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15B Matrices/sec 15.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4012 & 12773 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 12650H +2%
158.32
Core i7 11800H
154.87

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16 PPW 11.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 231.9 PPW 199.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 472.9 PPW 435.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.52 PPW 3.44 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
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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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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12650H and i7 11800H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 4, 2022 May 11, 2021
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Tiger Lake
Model number i7-12650H i7-11800H
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (64EU) UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H - AMD Ryzen 7 5800H
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
Intel CPU rating (156th and 194th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 1.9-2.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.6 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.7 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 8
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 19-23x
Bus Bandwidth - 8 GT/s
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1280K (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 -
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1787
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) Intel UHD Graphics for 11th Gen (32 EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 1450 MHz
Shading Units 512 256
TMUs 32 16
ROPs 16 8
Execution Units 64 32
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 12650H +100%
1.4 TFLOPS
Core i7 11800H
0.7 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU) compared to Graphics (64 EU)

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 12650H official page Intel Core i7 11800H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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