Intel Core i7 12700H vs Core 7 240H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 12700H with 14-cores against the 2.5 GHz Core 7 240H 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
NanoReview Final Score
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 240H and 12700H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12700H
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) integrated graphics: 2.2 vs 1.6 TFLOPS
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

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
1055
Cinebench Scores (142nd and 199th place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2421
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
13094
File compression 907 MB/sec 1220 MB/sec
Clang compilation 83.6 Klines/sec 94.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270.3 pages/sec 342 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 350.7 Mpixels/sec 390.1 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 236.4 pages/sec 262 pages/sec
Background blur 44.8 images/sec 54.8 images/sec
Photo processing 95.7 images/sec 129.1 images/sec
Ray tracing 18 Mpixels/sec 19.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1] – 901 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
3784
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
24970
23981
Integer math 87.9 GOps/sec 80.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 63.4 GOps/sec 58.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 91M Primes/sec 102M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.7M Strings/sec 28.9M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.1 GBytes/sec 15.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 292.8 MBytes/sec 272 MBytes/sec
Physics 1476 Frames/sec 1723 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.4B Matrices/sec 16.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 12064 & 979 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
197.09

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 23.4 PPW 18.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 248.1 PPW 291 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 554.9 PPW 532.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.4 PPW 4.38 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 12700H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-30 -> YowthCinebench 2024105 / 541
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-27 (Fapvie)Cinebench 2024102 / 961
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-27 (sizar)Cinebench 2024100 / 750
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-14 (HansNoob)Cinebench 2024103 / 860
πŸ“˜ 2025-03-16 (robin)Cinebench 202497 / 676
Intel Core 7 240H
No benchmark results yet

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12700H 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 i7-12700H 240H
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Iris Xe Graphics (64EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H -
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H -
Intel CPU rating (125th 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 8 4
E-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.7 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz 4 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 10
Total Threads 20 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 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (163rd and 137th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (64EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 1550 MHz
Shading Units 768 512
TMUs 48 32
ROPs 24 16
Execution Units 96 64
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
2.2 TFLOPS
1.6 TFLOPS

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 12700H official page Intel Core 7 240H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Comments

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