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

Core i7-12700K vs Core i9-12900HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12700K performs better than the Core i9-12900HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-12700K that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12700K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900HX. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i9-12900HX 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.

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