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Intel Core i7 13800H vs i7 12800H

57 out of 100
Intel Core i7 13800H
VS
53 out of 100
Intel Core i7 12800H
Intel Core i7 13800H
Intel Core i7 12800H

We compared two 14-core laptop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i7 13800H against the 2.4 GHz i7 12800H. 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 12800H and 13800H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13800H
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.2 GHz vs 4.8 GHz)
  • 10% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2534 vs 2308 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 13800H
vs
Core i7 12800H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (152nd and 190th 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)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13800H +7%
12815
Core i7 12800H
11928
File compression 1170 MB/sec 1050 MB/sec
Clang compilation 91.9 Klines/sec 90.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 323.9 pages/sec 316.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 349.7 Mpixels/sec 342.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 256.6 pages/sec 235.3 pages/sec
Background blur 51.7 images/sec 48 images/sec
Photo processing 98.8 images/sec 102 images/sec
Ray tracing 21.6 Mpixels/sec 20.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 853 & 1014 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13800H +11%
26135
Core i7 12800H
23648
Integer math 90.9 GOps/sec 83.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 65.2 GOps/sec 59.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 113M Primes/sec 99M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 32.9M Strings/sec 29.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 17.4 GBytes/sec 15.8 GBytes/sec
Data compression 294.7 MBytes/sec 266.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1892 Frames/sec 1626 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 17.7B Matrices/sec 16B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 823 & 1651 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 13800H +11%
198.03
Core i7 12800H
178.12

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 22.4 PPW 19.2 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 284.8 PPW 265.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 580.8 PPW 525.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.4 PPW 3.96 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 13800H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-12 (Pat)Cinebench 2024117 / 1008
πŸ“˜ 2024-07-30 (Guest #1)Cinebench 202485 / 806
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Intel Core i7 12800H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-29 (Laima)Geekbench 6 CPU2243 / 8808
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 13800H and i7 12800H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 3, 2023 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Alder Lake
Model number i7-13800H i7-12800H
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
Successor - - Intel Core i7 13800H
Intel CPU rating (101st and 135th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.2 GHz 4.8 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 8
E-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 14
Total Threads 20 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 24x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (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 115 W
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (132nd and 171st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1400 MHz
Shading Units 768 768
TMUs 48 48
ROPs 24 24
Execution Units 96 96
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 13800H +5%
2.3 TFLOPS
Core i7 12800H
2.2 TFLOPS
See: Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) benchmarks

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 13800H official page Intel Core i7 12800H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

Cast your vote

Choose between two processors
6 (85.7%)
1 (14.3%)
Total votes: 7

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Comments

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