Product Compare

Intel Core i9 12950HX vs Intel Core i7 8850H

	CPU Intel Core i9 12950HX	CPU Intel Core i7 8850H
General Parameters
Release Date	May 2022	Apr 2018
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Alder Lake	Coffee Lake
Processor Number	i9-12950HX	i7-8850H
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics (32EU)	UHD Graphics 630
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	14 nm
Socket	BGA-1964	BGA-1440
Power Consumption	45-55 W	45 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	157 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100°C	100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	6
Performance Core Threads	16	12
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.3 GHz	2.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5 GHz	4.3 GHz
Efficiency Cores	8
Efficiency Core Threads	8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	1.7 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency	3.6 GHz
Total Core Count	16	6
Total Thread Count	24	12
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	23x	27x
L1 Cache	80 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	1280 K per core	256 K per core
L3 Cache	30 MB shared	9 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200	DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133
Max Memory Size	128 GB	64 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	42.7 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz	350 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1550 MHz	1150 MHz
Shader Units	256	192
Texture Units	16	24
Raster Operation Units	8	3
Execution Units	32	24
Power Consumption	45 W	15 W
Max Resolution		4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	3.0
PCIe Lanes	20	16
Extended Instruction Set		SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2546	1296
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	14260	4992
Blender	294	89