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Intel Core Ultra 7 366H vs i7 12700H

67 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 7 366H
VS
54 out of 100
Intel Core i7 12700H
Intel Core Ultra 7 366H
Intel Core i7 12700H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2 GHz Intel Core Ultra 7 366H with 16-cores against the 2.3 GHz i7 12700H with 14-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 12700H and 366H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 7 366H
  • Newer - released 4 years and 1 month later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 10 nanometers
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • More powerful Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) integrated graphics: 2.6 vs 2.2 TFLOPS
  • 21% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2858 vs 2353 points
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12700H
  • Has 6 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 7 366H
vs
Core i7 12700H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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)
File compression 1330 MB/sec 907 MB/sec
Clang compilation 122.4 Klines/sec 83.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 435.8 pages/sec 270.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 507.4 Mpixels/sec 350.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 285.5 pages/sec 236.4 pages/sec
Background blur 70.7 images/sec 44.8 images/sec
Photo processing 174.4 images/sec 95.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 26.9 Mpixels/sec 18 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 901 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 83.9 GOps/sec 87.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 104 GOps/sec 63.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 328M Primes/sec 91M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 40.3M Strings/sec 32.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 26.1 GBytes/sec 17.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 331.2 MBytes/sec 292.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 2892 Frames/sec 1476 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 27.3B Matrices/sec 17.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 270 & 12064 samples

Blender

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

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 46.3 PPW 23.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 661.3 PPW 248.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1348 PPW 554.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 7.94 PPW 4.4 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 12700H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Mark)Geekbench 7 CPU1884 / 8871
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Mark)Cinebench 2026460 / 1351
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-30 -> YowthCinebench 2024105 / 541
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-27 (Fapvie)Cinebench 2024102 / 961
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-27 (sizar)Cinebench 2024100 / 750
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 7 366H and i7 12700H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 5, 2026 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Panther Lake Alder Lake
Model number 366H i7-12700H
Integrated GPU Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen AI 7 Pro 360 - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 366H
Intel CPU rating (55th and 126th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 4 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.0 GHz 2.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 8
E-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 1.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 14
Total Threads 16 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 23x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 2 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 15-25 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W 115 W
Socket FCBGA2540 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (67th and 164th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Xe3 Graphics (4-Core) Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2500 MHz 1400 MHz
Shading Units 512 768
TMUs 32 48
ROPs 16 24
Execution Units 4 96
TGP 25 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 7 366H +18%
2.6 TFLOPS
Core i7 12700H
2.2 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) compared to Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533
- DDR5-7200		 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 115.2 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 7 366H official page Intel Core i7 12700H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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