Product Compare

Intel Core i9 8950HK vs Intel Core i7 12700

	CPU Intel Core i9 8950HK	CPU Intel Core i7 12700
General Parameters
Release Date	Apr 2018	Jan 2022
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Coffee Lake	Alder Lake
Processor Number	i9-8950HK	i7-12700
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 630	UHD Graphics 770
Package
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	10 nm
Socket	BGA-1440	LGA-1700
Power Consumption	45 W	65 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100°C
Max Turbo Power Consumption		180 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	6	8
Performance Core Threads	12	16
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.9 GHz	2.1 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.8 GHz	4.8 GHz
Total Core Count	6	12
Total Thread Count	12	20
Multiplier	37x	21x
L1 Cache	64 K per core	80 K per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core	12 MB shared
L3 Cache	12 MB shared	25 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
Efficiency Cores		4
Efficiency Core Threads		4
Efficiency Core Base Frequency		1.6 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency		3.6 GHz
Bus Frequency		100 MHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2666, LPDDR3-2133	DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800
Max Memory Size	64 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	41.8 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	350 MHz	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1200 MHz	1500 MHz
Shader Units	192	256
Texture Units	24	16
Raster Operation Units	3	8
Execution Units	24	32
Power Consumption	15 W	15 W
Max Resolution	4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0	5.0
PCIe Lanes	16	20
Extended Instruction Set	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1190	1868
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	6912	20599
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1208	2491
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	4960	12863
Passmark CPU Single Core	2460	3921
Passmark CPU Multi Core	10680	30858