Intel Core i7-12700 vs Intel Core i5-4250U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 Intel Core i 4000U
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Intel Core i5
• Generation
  12 4
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i7-11700 -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  8x Golden Cove -
• B-Core
  4x Gracemont -
• Base Frequency
  2.1 GHz 1.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  12 2
• CPU Threads
  20 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4.8 GHz 2.6 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (12 Cores)
  4.1 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - 2.6 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.

• DirectX Version
  12 11.1
• Execution units
  32 40
• Generation
  12 7.5
• GPU Frequency
  400 MHz 200 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel Iris Xe Graphics 32 (Alder Lake S) Intel HD Graphics 5000
• GPU Turbo
  1450 MHz 1000 MHz
• Max. displays
  4 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB 2 GB
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q2/2013
• Shader
  256 320
• Technology
  10 nm 22 nm

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

• AV1
  Decode No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-4250U and Intel Core i7-12700. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  256 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• PCIe lanes
  20 12
• PCIe version
  5.0 2.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-12700 and Intel Core i5-4250U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  65 W 15 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-12700 and Intel Core i5-4250U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Haswell U
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  2.5 MB -
• L3-Cache
  25 MB 3 MB
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q3/2013
• Socket
  LGA 1700 BGA 1168
• Technology
  10 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d