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Intel Core i9 12900H vs i7 13620H

55 out of 100
Intel Core i9 12900H
VS
54 out of 100
Intel Core i7 13620H
Intel Core i9 12900H
Intel Core i7 13620H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core i9 12900H with 14-cores against the 2.4 GHz i7 13620H with 10-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 13620H and 12900H
Advantages of Intel Core i9 12900H
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) integrated graphics: 2.2 vs 1.5 TFLOPS
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • 2% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)
Advantages of Intel Core i7 13620H
  • Supports up to 96 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 12900H
vs
Core i7 13620H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#157th place)
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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 i9 12900H
11964
Core i7 13620H +3%
12296
File compression 898.1 MB/sec 1100 MB/sec
Clang compilation 97.6 Klines/sec 86.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 270 pages/sec 293.8 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 325.3 Mpixels/sec 338.2 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 248.3 pages/sec 251.9 pages/sec
Background blur 52.7 images/sec 52.1 images/sec
Photo processing 94.2 images/sec 107.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 23.8 Mpixels/sec 20 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 626 & 978 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 12900H +14%
26596
Core i7 13620H
23250
Integer math 91.3 GOps/sec 79.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 66 GOps/sec 58.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 104M Primes/sec 94M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 34.4M Strings/sec 28.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 18 GBytes/sec 15 GBytes/sec
Data compression 308.2 MBytes/sec 270 MBytes/sec
Physics 1700 Frames/sec 1561 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 18.4B Matrices/sec 16.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 3998 & 7401 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 12900H +13%
210.35
Core i7 13620H
185.51

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 21.9 PPW 18.1 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 265.9 PPW 273.2 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 591 PPW 516.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.67 PPW 4.12 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 i9 12900H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-21 (Robert L)Cinebench 2024104 / 765
πŸ“˜ 2025-05-02 (Toksik Vegeta)Cinebench 2024107 / 984
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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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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 12900H and i7 13620H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 4, 2022 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Alder Lake Raptor Lake
Model number i9-12900H i7-13620H
Integrated GPU Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) UHD Graphics (64EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS - AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 288V - Intel Core 7 240H
Intel CPU rating (115th and 122nd place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 12 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 4.9 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 8 4
E-Threads 8 4
Base Frequency (E) 1.8 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.8 GHz 3.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 14 10
Total Threads 20 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 24x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 1280K (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 24MB (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 115 W
Socket BGA-1744 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (152nd and 161st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) Intel UHD Graphics (64EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1450 MHz 1500 MHz
Shading Units 768 512
TMUs 48 32
ROPs 24 16
Execution Units 96 64
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 12900H +47%
2.2 TFLOPS
Core i7 13620H
1.5 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics (64 EU) compared to Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU)

Memory Support

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

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 12900H official page Intel Core i7 13620H official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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Comments

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