Intel Core i7-10875H vs Intel Core i9-12950HX

Core i7-10875H vs Core i9-12950HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12950HX beats the Core i7-10875H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-10875H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12950HX has significantly more cores than the Core i7-10875H. Indeed, the Core i9-12950HX has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-10875H. It also has more threads than the Core i7-10875H. Both the Core i7-10875H and Core i9-12950HX have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i7-10875H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-10875H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-12950HX CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i9-12950HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-10875H. The Core i9-12950HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-10875H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.