Intel Core i7-12700K vs Intel Core i9-12900H

Core i7-12700K vs Core i9-12900H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12700K beats the Core i9-12900H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900H has slightly more cores than the Core i7-12700K. Indeed, the Core i9-12900H has 14 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i7-12700K. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-12700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900H. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The Core i9-12900H outputs less heat than Core i7-12700K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-12700K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.