Intel Core i9-10900K vs Intel Core i7-12800HX

Core i9-10900K vs Core i7-12800HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12800HX performs better than the Core i9-10900K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900K 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 i9-10900K has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10900K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800HX. Also, the Core i9-10900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12800HX 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 info from our database shows that the Core i7-12800HX has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10900K. The Core i7-12800HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-10900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.