Intel Core i7 12650HX vs i5 13450HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.0 GHz Intel Core i7 12650HX with 14-cores against the 2.4 GHz i5 13450HX with 10-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
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 13450HX and 12650HX
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12650HX
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) integrated graphics: 0.7 vs 0.4 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Has 4 MB larger L3 cache size
  • 9% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2500 vs 2289 points
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.7 GHz vs 4.6 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i5 13450HX
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-4800 RAM
  • Newer - released 8 months later

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 540
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3145

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 - 943.2 MB/sec
Clang compilation - 76.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser - 238.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer - 310.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing - 236 pages/sec
Background blur - 49.8 images/sec
Photo processing - 98.6 images/sec
Ray tracing - 19.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 328 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 79.1 GOps/sec 82.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 56.6 GOps/sec 61.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 73M Primes/sec 80M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 29.7M Strings/sec 31.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15.7 GBytes/sec 16.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 267.8 MBytes/sec 297.3 MBytes/sec
Physics 1129 Frames/sec 1417 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.9B Matrices/sec 18.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 87 & 1675 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
184.18

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.3 PPW 13.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 183.7 PPW 197.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 407.3 PPW 444.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.04 PPW 3.35 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 12650HX
No benchmark results yet
Intel Core i5 13450HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (lasu)Cinebench 2026572 / 4048
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-29 (lasu)Cinebench 2026572 / 4048
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-08 -> brbr446Cinebench 2026540 / 3145
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-22 (shisir)Cinebench 2024104 / 839
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-13 (Raju)Cinebench 2026524 / 3223

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12650HX and i5 13450HX

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released May 10, 2022 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Raptor Lake
Model number i7-12650HX i5-13450HX
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (32EU) UHD Graphics (16EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS - AMD Ryzen 5 7645HX
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX - Intel Core Ultra 5 235HX
Intel CPU rating (138th and 152nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.6 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 4
E-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz 3.4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 10
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 24x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 20MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 157 W 157 W
Socket BGA-1964 BGA-1964
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (176th and 198th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (32EU) Intel UHD Graphics (16EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 350 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 1450 MHz
Shading Units 256 128
TMUs 16 8
ROPs 8 4
Execution Units 32 16
TGP 15 W 6-15 W
iGPU FLOPS
0.7 TFLOPS
0.4 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 76.8 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 12650HX official page Intel Core i5 13450HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 20

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