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

Core i7-12700KF vs Core i9-12900H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12700KF is faster than the Core i9-12900H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-12900H has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i7-12700KF has 12 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12700KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900H. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The Core i9-12900H outputs less heat than Core i7-12700KF 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 i7-12700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.