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

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i7 12 core CPU vs Intel 24 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

11540 points

4% slightly better overall score

10999 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13325 points

16% slightly better gaming score

11453 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10952 points

0.02% slightly better multitasking score

10950 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10812 points

11076 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10051 points

12548 points

24% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

304.26 points

340.82 points

12% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13854 points

15507 points

11% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2554 points

2661 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

60% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz

63% significantly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz

5.8 GHz

16% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

192 GiB

49% significantly more supported memory

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

36 MiB

44% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

57th of 1,089

69th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i7

Core i9 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 November

2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i7-12700K vs Core i9-14900HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-14900HX is faster than the Core i7-12700K. Despite this, the Core i7-12700K 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 i7-12700K. Indeed, the Core i9-14900HX has 24 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i7-12700K. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-12700K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-14900HX.

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