Intel Core i7-12700F vs Intel Core i9-14900HX

Core i7-12700F vs Core i9-14900HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-14900HX performs better than the Core i7-12700F. Despite this, the Core i7-12700F 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 i7-12700F. Indeed, the Core i9-14900HX has 24 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i7-12700F. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700F. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12700F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to 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 i7-12700F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.