Intel Core i9-10900K vs Intel Core i9-12900KS

Core i9-10900K vs Core i9-12900KS benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900KS 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900KS has significantly more cores than the Core i9-10900K. Indeed, the Core i9-12900KS has 16 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i9-10900K. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10900K. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900KS. Despite this, the Core i9-12900KS has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-10900K CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-12900KS CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.