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

Core i7-10700KF vs Core i9-12900HK comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-10700KF is faster than the Core i9-12900HK. Despite this, the Core i9-12900HK has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900HK has significantly more cores than the Core i7-10700KF. Indeed, the Core i9-12900HK has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-10700KF. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10700KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-10700KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900HK. Also, the Core i7-10700KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-12900HK outputs less heat than Core i7-10700KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-12900HK has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-10700KF. 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 i7-10700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.