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

Core i9-10850K vs Core i9-12900K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900K beats the Core i9-10850K in overall performance. 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 i9-12900K has significantly more cores than the Core i9-10850K. Indeed, the Core i9-12900K has 16 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i9-10850K. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10850K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10850K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900K. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. A Core i9-10850K 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.

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.