Intel Core i5-1155G7 vs Intel Core i9-12900T

Core i5-1155G7 vs Core i9-12900T benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-1155G7 performs better than the Core i9-12900T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900T has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i5-1155G7 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-1155G7. Our comparison shows that the Core i5-1155G7 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900T. Despite this, the Core i9-12900T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i5-1155G7 CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-12900T CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-1155G7 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.