Intel Core i7-8850H vs Intel Core i9-14900KS

Core i7-8850H vs Core i9-14900KS specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-14900KS beats the Core i7-8850H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8850H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-14900KS has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i7-8850H that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8850H. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-14900KS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8850H. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-14900KS has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8850H. The Core i9-14900KS also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i7-8850H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.