Intel Core i7-14650HX vs Intel Core i9-12900

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

10917 points
11471 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12620 points
13241 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10406 points
10915 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

10324 points
10835 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

9829 points
10922 points
11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

278.01 points
281.66 points
1% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

12989 points
13170 points
1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2416 points
2513 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
Identical
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
2.4 GHz
9% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz
1% slightly higher turbo speed
5.1 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

192 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory
128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

24 MiB
71% significantly more L2 cache
14 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
Identical
30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

72nd of 1,091
60th of 1,091

Family

The product line

Core i7 (14th gen)
12th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

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