Intel Core i7-11800H vs Intel Core i9-12900T

Core i7-11800H vs Core i9-12900T specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900T performs better than the Core i7-11800H. Despite this, the Core i7-11800H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 i7-11800H that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11800H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-11800H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900T. Despite this, the Core i9-12900T has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-12900T outputs less heat than Core i7-11800H thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-11800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.