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

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

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

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.

• Frequency
  2.30 GHz 2.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  16 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No 3.10 GHz
• CPU Threads
  24 4
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  No turbo 3.10 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  hybrid normal
• A core
  8x Golden Cove / 2.30 GHz (5.00 GHz) --
• B core
  8x Gracemont / 1.70 GHz (3.60 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 HD Graphics 620
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 1.00 GHz
• Execution units
  32 24
• Shader
  256 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB 32 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  11 9.5
• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q2/2016

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
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  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.

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200 DDR5-4800 LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR5-5200 DDR4-2133 SO-DIMM
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 32 GB
• ECC
  Yes No
• Memory channels
  2 2

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-12950HX and Intel Core i5-7200U to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  55 W 15 W
• TDP up
  No --
• TDP (PL2)
  157 W --
• TDP down
  45 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C --

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

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  14.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  30.00 MB 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake H Kaby Lake U
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1744 BGA 1356
• Release date
  Q2/2022 Q4/2016