Intel Core i5-12450HX vs Intel Core i5-12600HX. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Family
  Intel Core i5 Intel Core i5
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000H Intel Core i 12000H
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  12 12

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  8 / 12 12 / 16
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  4x Golden Cove 4x Golden Cove
• B-Core
  4x Gracemont 8x Gracemont
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• A-Core Frequency
  2.40 GHz (4.40 GHz) 2.50 GHz (4.60 GHz)
• B-Core Frequency
  1.80 GHz (3.10 GHz) 1.80 GHz (3.30 GHz)

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 770
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.30 GHz 1.35 GHz
• Execution units
  32 32
• Shader
  256 256
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 64 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  11 11
• Direct X
  12 12
• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q4/2021

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-12600HX and Intel Core i5-12450HX. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2 (Dual Channel)
• Bandwidth
  76.8 GB/s 76.8 GB/s
• ECC
  No Yes
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 5.0 x 20
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-12450HX and Intel Core i5-12600HX to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  55 W 55 W
• TDP (PL2)
  157 W 157 W
• TDP down
  45 W 45 W
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-12450HX and Intel Core i5-12450HX, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Chip design
  Monolithic Monolithic
• Socket
  BGA 1744 BGA 1744
• L2-Cache
  -- 14.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  12.00 MB 18.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake H Alder Lake H
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q2/2022
• Documents
  Technical data sheet Technical data sheet