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Intel Core i7 13620H vs i5 12450H

54 out of 100
Intel Core i7 13620H
VS
46 out of 100
Intel Core i5 12450H
Intel Core i7 13620H
Intel Core i5 12450H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.4 GHz Intel Core i7 13620H with 10-cores against the 2 GHz i5 12450H with 8-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 12450H and 13620H
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13620H
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More powerful Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) integrated graphics: 1.5 vs 0.9 TFLOPS
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 11% higher Turbo Boost frequency (4.9 GHz vs 4.4 GHz)
  • 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2494 vs 2187 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i7 13620H
vs
Core i5 12450H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
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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 13620H +33%
12296
Core i5 12450H
9279
File compression 1100 MB/sec 719.1 MB/sec
Clang compilation 86.7 Klines/sec 57.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 293.8 pages/sec 201.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 338.2 Mpixels/sec 238.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 251.9 pages/sec 230.7 pages/sec
Background blur 52.1 images/sec 39.5 images/sec
Photo processing 107.8 images/sec 74.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 20 Mpixels/sec 12.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 978 & 757 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i7 13620H +46%
23250
Core i5 12450H
15893
Integer math 79.1 GOps/sec 54.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 58.1 GOps/sec 40 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 94M Primes/sec 44M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 28.5M Strings/sec 20.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 15 GBytes/sec 10.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 270 MBytes/sec 190.5 MBytes/sec
Physics 1561 Frames/sec 853 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 16.8B Matrices/sec 11.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 7401 & 7165 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i7 13620H +60%
185.51
Core i5 12450H
115.78

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 18.1 PPW 13.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 273.2 PPW 206.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 516.7 PPW 353.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.12 PPW 2.57 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
Intel Core i7 13620H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (Texar)Cinebench 2026531 / 1297
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-17 (kam)Geekbench 6 CPU2647 / 13329
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (Sus Go0d)Geekbench 6 CPU2523 / 11616
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (Gigant)Geekbench 6 CPU2644 / 11794
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-23 (Gigant)Cinebench 2024113 / 914
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Intel Core i5 12450H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-16 -> dmytrokobzarGeekbench 6 CPU2342 / 9865
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-03 (Burnt_T0ast)Geekbench 6 CPU2342 / 8962
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-23 (atlas)Geekbench 6 CPU2181 / 7757
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-08 (Raj)Cinebench 202491 / 588
πŸ“˜ 2024-01-30 (black lee)Cinebench 202491 / 601
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i7 13620H and i5 12450H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 3, 2023 January 4, 2022
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Alder Lake
Model number i7-13620H i5-12450H
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics (64EU) UHD Graphics (48EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS -
Successor - Intel Core 7 240H - Intel Core 5 210H
Intel CPU rating (122nd and 182nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 12 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.4 GHz 2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 4.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 4
E-Threads 4 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 1.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.6 GHz 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 10 8
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 24x 20x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (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) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 95 W
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics (64EU) Intel UHD Graphics (48EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1500 MHz 1200 MHz
Shading Units 512 384
TMUs 32 24
ROPs 16 12
Execution Units 64 48
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i7 13620H +67%
1.5 TFLOPS
Core i5 12450H
0.9 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics Xe G4 (48 EU) compared to Graphics (64 EU)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR5x-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267		 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 96 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i7 13620H official page Intel Core i5 12450H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Comments

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