Intel Core i9-10900K vs Intel Core i9-12950HX

Core i9-10900K vs Core i9-12950HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12950HX 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 i9-12950HX has significantly more cores than the Core i9-10900K. Indeed, the Core i9-12950HX has 16 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i9-10900K. 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 i9-12950HX. Also, the Core i9-10900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-12950HX 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 i9-12950HX has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-10900K. The Core i9-12950HX also has significantly 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.