Intel Core i9-8950HK vs Intel Core i5-12450H. 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
  8 12
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 8000H Intel Core i 12000H

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
  2.90 GHz 2.00 GHz
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.80 GHz 4.40 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)

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 630 Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (48 EU)
• GPU frequency
  0.35 GHz 0.20 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.15 GHz 1.20 GHz
• Execution units
  24 48
• Shader
  192 384
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  9.5 12
• Technology
  14 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2017 Q2/2020

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
• AV1
  No Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-12450H and Intel Core i9-8950HK. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM DDR4-3200DDR5-4800LPDDR4X-4266LPDDR5-5200
• Max. Memory
  64 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-8950HK and Intel Core i5-12450H to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 45 W
• TDP (PL2)
  -- 115 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-8950HK and Intel Core i9-8950HK, 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 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  -- 7.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  12.00 MB 12.00 MB
• Architecture
  Coffee Lake H Alder Lake H
• Technology
  14 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1440 BGA 1744
• Release date
  Q1/2018 Q1/2022