Intel Core i5-12600KF vs Intel Core i9-14900HX

Core i5-12600KF vs Core i9-14900HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-14900HX is faster than the Core i5-12600KF. Despite this, the Core i5-12600KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-14900HX has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12600KF. Indeed, the Core i9-14900HX has 24 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-12600KF. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600KF. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-12600KF has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-14900HX. Despite this, the Core i9-14900HX has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i5-12600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.