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

Core i9-10900X vs Core i7-12650H specs and performance

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

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count but the Core i9-10900X has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12650H. Despite this, the Core i7-12650H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12650H outputs less heat than Core i9-10900X thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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