Intel Core i9-10900K vs Intel Core i7-12650HX

Core i9-10900K vs Core i7-12650HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12650HX is faster than the Core i9-10900K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12650HX has slightly more cores than the Core i9-10900K. Indeed, the Core i7-12650HX has 14 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i9-10900K. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10900K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12650HX. Also, the Core i9-10900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12650HX outputs less heat than Core i9-10900K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i7-12650HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-10900K. The Core i7-12650HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

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