Intel Core i9-11900K vs Intel Core i7-12850HX

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i7 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8281 points
8926 points
7% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10754 points
0.17% slightly better gaming score
10736 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7475 points
8383 points
12% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7270 points
8262 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

212.26 points
218.16 points
2% slightly higher Blender score
Cinebench R23 score

Cinebench R23 score

Multi threaded benchmark

15519 points
17510 points
12% slightly higher Cinebench R23 score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
66% significantly higher clock speed
2.1 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
55 W
127% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB
1280 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
14 MiB
250% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
25 MiB
56% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

136th of 1,089
112th of 1,089

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9
12th Generation Core i7

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2022 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i9-11900K vs Core i7-12850HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-12850HX is faster than the Core i9-11900K. Despite this, the Core i9-11900K has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12850HX has significantly more cores than the Core i9-11900K. Indeed, the Core i7-12850HX has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-11900K. It also has more threads than the Core i9-11900K. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-11900K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12850HX. Also, the Core i9-11900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12850HX outputs less heat than Core i9-11900K 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 i7-12850HX has more L2 cache than the Core i9-11900K. The Core i7-12850HX also has significantly 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 i9-11900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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