Intel Core i7-10700K vs Intel Core i9-12900HK

Core i7-10700K vs Core i9-12900HK specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900HK beats the Core i7-10700K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10700K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900HK has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i7-10700K that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10700K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-10700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900HK. Also, the Core i7-10700K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-12900HK outputs less heat than Core i7-10700K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-12900HK has more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700K. The Core i9-12900HK also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-10700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.