Intel Core i5-12600HX vs Intel Core i7-1250U processor comparison: performance score, cores and clock speeds, cache, TDP, integrated graphics and NPU. The better value in each row is highlighted in green.
Summary
Intel Core i5-12600HX offers more cores (12 vs 10), more threads (16 vs 12), more L3 cache (18 MB vs 12 MB), and a newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0). Intel Core i7-1250U offers a higher clock speed (4.7 GHz vs 4.6 GHz), a lower TDP (9 W vs 55 W), and more integrated graphics units (96 vs 32).
Performance score
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Key specs
Cores & Threads12/16
Cores & Threads10/12
Turbo4.6 GHz
Turbo4.7 GHz
L3 cache18 MB
L3 cache12 MB
TDP55 W
TDP9 W
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics
iGPUIntel Iris Xe Graphics
General
Series12. gen.
Series12. gen.
CodenameAlder Lake
CodenameAlder Lake
CPU architectureGolden Cove, Gracemont
CPU architectureGolden Cove, Gracemont
FoundryIntel
FoundryIntel
Process nodeIntel 7 (10 nm)
Process nodeIntel 7 (10 nm)
Instruction setx86-64
Instruction setx86-64
Release dateMay 10, 2022
Release dateJanuary 4, 2022
Cores and clocks
Cores & Threads12/16
Cores & Threads10/12
4× P-cores
- Turbo clock
- 4.6 GHz
- Base clock
- 2.5 GHz
2× P-cores
- Turbo clock
- 4.7 GHz
- Base clock
- 1.1 GHz
8× E-cores
- Turbo clock
- 3.3 GHz
- Base clock
- 1.8 GHz
8× E-cores
- Turbo clock
- 3.5 GHz
- Base clock
- 0.8 GHz
Cache
L3 cache18 MB
L3 cache12 MB
L2 cache9 MB
L2 cache6.5 MB
L1 cache1088 KB
L1 cache928 KB
TDP
TDP55 W
TDP9 W
Min. - Max.45 - 157 W
Min. - Max.29 W
Max temperature100 °C
Max temperature100 °C
Connectivity
Memory supportDDR5-4800DDR4-3200
Memory supportLPDDR5-5200LPDDR4x-4267
Memory channels2
Memory channels2
PCIe version5.0, 4.0
PCIe version4.0, 3.0
PCIe lanes16, 4
PCIe lanes4, 10
Graphics
ModelIntel UHD Graphics
ModelIntel Iris Xe Graphics
iGPU architectureXe-LP
iGPU architectureXe-LP
Execution units32
Execution units96
Clock1350 MHz
Clock950 MHz
AI
No NPU
No NPU