Intel Core i9-11900K vs Intel Core i9-12900H

Core i9-11900K vs Core i9-12900H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900H performs better than the Core i9-11900K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11900K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900H has significantly more cores than the Core i9-11900K. Indeed, the Core i9-12900H has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-11900K. It also has more threads than the Core i9-11900K. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-11900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900H. Also, the Core i9-11900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-12900H 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.

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 i9-11900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.