Intel Core i9-10850K vs Intel Core i9-12900HK

Core i9-10850K vs Core i9-12900HK specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-12900HK is faster than the Core i9-10850K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10850K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900HK has slightly more cores than the Core i9-10850K. Indeed, the Core i9-12900HK has 14 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i9-10850K. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-10850K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900HK. Also, the Core i9-10850K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-12900HK outputs less heat than Core i9-10850K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i9-12900HK has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10850K. The Core i9-12900HK also has slightly 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 i9-10850K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.