Intel Core i9-10900 vs Intel Core i7-12650H

Core i9-10900 vs Core i7-12650H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10900 is faster than the Core i7-12650H. Despite this, the Core i7-12650H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i9-10900 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12650H. Also, the Core i9-10900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12650H outputs less heat than Core i9-10900 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 i9-10900 has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-12650H. Despite this, the Core i7-12650H has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-10900.

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 i9-10900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.