Intel Core i7-8650U vs Intel Core i9-12900K

Core i7-8650U vs Core i9-12900K benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-12900K is faster than the Core i7-8650U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8650U in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-12900K has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i7-8650U has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8650U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8650U. Also, the Core i9-12900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i7-8650U CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-12900K CPU because of its 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 i7-8650U has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.