Intel Core i7-9800X vs Intel Core i7-12800HX

Core i7-9800X vs Core i7-12800HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12800HX performs better than the Core i7-9800X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9800X in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12800HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i7-9800X has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-9800X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-9800X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12800HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12800HX outputs less heat than Core i7-9800X 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 i7-9800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.