Juice-guzzling Intel Core i9-12950HX becomes the latest Alder Lake laptop CPU to head PassMark's single-thread performance chart

[Redaktion]

The Intel Core i9-12950HX has gone straight to the top of PassMark's CPU single-thread performance chart for laptop processors. The power-hungry Alder Lake-HX chip managed to break the 4,000-point barrier, leaving the i9-12900H in second position. The i9-12950HX is capable of reaching a clock rate of 5.0 GHz.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Juice-guzzling-Intel-Core-i9-12950HX-becomes-the-latest-Alder-Lake-laptop-CPU-to-head-PassMark-s-single-thread-performance-chart.620851.0.html

[Fdk]

Funny thing is, laptop batteries can usually sustain 1C of current drain. That means unless you got a 157wh battery in your laptop, your CPU will almost never reach PL2 on battery.