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Intel Core Ultra X7 358H vs i5 12600H

71 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra X7 358H
VS
51 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12600H
Intel Core Ultra X7 358H
Intel Core i5 12600H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 1.9 GHz Intel Core Ultra X7 358H with 16-cores against the 2.7 GHz i5 12600H with 12-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 12600H and 358H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra X7 358H
  • Newer - released 4 years and 1 month later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Intel Arc B390 integrated graphics: 7.7 vs 1.8 TFLOPS
  • Supports up to 96 GB LPDDR5X-9600 RAM
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 21% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2839 vs 2343 points
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.8 GHz vs 4.5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra X7 358H
vs
Core i5 12600H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 502 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4689 -
Cinebench Scores (#32nd 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)
File compression 1210 MB/sec 895.9 MB/sec
Clang compilation 98.2 Klines/sec 75.3 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 371.3 pages/sec 259.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 368 Mpixels/sec 309.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 293 pages/sec 229.9 pages/sec
Background blur 59.2 images/sec 46.9 images/sec
Photo processing 118.3 images/sec 93.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 19.7 Mpixels/sec 16.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 19 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 82.8 GOps/sec 69.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 103.3 GOps/sec 50.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 336M Primes/sec 64M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 40.2M Strings/sec 27.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 25.9 GBytes/sec 14.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 331.3 MBytes/sec 245.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 3011 Frames/sec 1135 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 27.2B Matrices/sec 14.3B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 334 & 273 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra X7 358H +53%
281.68
Core i5 12600H
183.85

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 44.6 PPW 16.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 682.5 PPW 210.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1346.9 PPW 452.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 11.27 PPW 4.09 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 Ultra X7 358H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 -> asterismxGeekbench 6 CPU2910 / 17150
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 -> asterismxCinebench 2024126 / 1182
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-05 -> asterismxCinebench 20260 / 4753
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra X7 358H and i5 12600H

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 358H i5-12600H
Integrated GPU Arc B390 Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 5 6600H
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra X7 358H
Intel CPU rating (39th and 146th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 4
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 1.9 GHz 2.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.8 GHz 4.5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 8
E-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (E) 1.5 GHz 2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 12
Total Threads 16 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 19x 27x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 18MB (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 95 W
Socket FCBGA2540 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (48th and 191st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc B390 Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2500 MHz 1400 MHz
Shading Units 1536 640
TMUs 48 40
ROPs 24 20
Execution Units 12 80
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra X7 358H +328%
7.7 TFLOPS
Core i5 12600H
1.8 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) compared to Arc B390

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 153.6 GB/s -
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra X7 358H official page Intel Core i5 12600H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 12 28

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Comments

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