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Intel Core i7 12650H vs i7 1165G7

50 out of 100
Intel Core i7 12650H
VS
39 out of 100
Intel Core i7 1165G7
Intel Core i7 12650H
Intel Core i7 1165G7

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 12650H with 10-cores against the 1.2-2.8 GHz i7 1165G7 with 4-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 1165G7 and 12650H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12650H
  • Has 6 more physical cores
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer - released 1 year and 4 months later
  • 13% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2293 vs 2027 points
Advantages of Intel Core i7 1165G7
  • More powerful Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU integrated graphics: 2 vs 1.4 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 12650H
vs
Core i7 1165G7

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 588
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 911
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12650H +91%
10434
Core i7 1165G7
5457
File compression 786 MB/sec 423.3 MB/sec
Clang compilation 76 Klines/sec 39.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 237.9 pages/sec 100.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 302.7 Mpixels/sec 166.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 234.7 pages/sec 199.9 pages/sec
Background blur 47.2 images/sec 27.4 images/sec
Photo processing 88.5 images/sec 42.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 17.3 Mpixels/sec 7.05 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1022 & 557 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 12650H +118%
21281
Core i7 1165G7
9757
Integer math 71.9 GOps/sec 32.8 GOps/sec
Floating point math 53.5 GOps/sec 19.5 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 88M Primes/sec 45M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 26M Strings/sec 12.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 13.6 GBytes/sec 5.4 GBytes/sec
Data compression 241.9 MBytes/sec 101.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 1374 Frames/sec 692 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15B Matrices/sec 7.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 4012 & 11101 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 12650H +161%
158.32
Core i7 1165G7
60.7

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16 PPW 7.5 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 231.9 PPW 194.9 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 472.9 PPW 348.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.52 PPW 2.17 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
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Intel Core i7 1165G7
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-21 (Kroducer)Cinebench 2026588 / 911
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-12 (Andy)Geekbench 6 CPU1718 / 3599
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-07 (Yusuf Eren Γ‡)Cinebench 202475 / 210
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-29 (MA)Cinebench 202452 / 130
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 12650H and i7 1165G7

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 4, 2022 September 2, 2020
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Tiger Lake
Model number i7-12650H i7-1165G7
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (64EU) Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H - AMD Ryzen 7 5700U
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
Intel CPU rating (#156th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.3 GHz 1.2-2.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.7 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 -
E-Threads 4 -
Base Frequency (E) 1.7 GHz -
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.5 GHz -
Total
Total Cores 10 4
Total Threads 16 8
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 23x 12-28x
Bus Bandwidth - 4 GT/s
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 96K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 12MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 12-28 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1449
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EU
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1400 MHz 1300 MHz
Shading Units 512 768
TMUs 32 48
ROPs 16 24
Execution Units 64 96
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 12650H
1.4 TFLOPS
Core i7 1165G7 +43%
2 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) compared to UHD Graphics (64 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR4-3200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 64 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 12650H official page Intel Core i7 1165G7 official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 16

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