Intel Core i9-12950HX vs Intel Core i5-7200U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000H Intel Core i 7000U
• Family
  Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
• Generation
  12 7
• Predecessor
  No -
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  No -

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 / 2.30 GHz (5.00 GHz) -
• B-Core
  8x Gracemont / 1.70 GHz (3.60 GHz) -
• Base Frequency
  2.3 GHz 2.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid normal
• CPU Cores
  16 2
• CPU Threads
  24 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No 3.1 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo 3.1 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 12
• Execution units
  32 24
• Generation
  11 9.5
• GPU Frequency
  300 MHz 300 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel HD Graphics 620
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1000 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB 32 GB
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q2/2016
• Shader
  256 192
• Technology
  10 nm 14 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 Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-7200U and Intel Core i9-12950HX. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 32 GB
• Memory Bandwidth
  76.8 GB/s -
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR5-4800 LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR5-5200 DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 12
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-12950HX and Intel Core i5-7200U 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)
  55 W 15 W
• TDP (PL2)
  157 W -
• TDP down
  45 W -
• TDP up
  No -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-12950HX and Intel Core i5-7200U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake H Kaby Lake 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
  14 MB -
• L3-Cache
  30 MB 3 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q4/2016
• Socket
  BGA 1744 BGA 1356
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d