Intel Core i7-4870HQ vs Intel Core i9-12900T

Core i7-4870HQ vs Core i9-12900T comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-4870HQ performs better than the Core i9-12900T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900T has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4870HQ. Indeed, the Core i9-12900T has 16 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-4870HQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4870HQ. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4870HQ has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900T. Despite this, the Core i9-12900T has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-12900T outputs less heat than Core i7-4870HQ thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i7-4870HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.