Intel Core i9-11900KF vs Intel Core i7-12650H

Core i9-11900KF vs Core i7-12650H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-11900KF performs better than the Core i7-12650H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12650H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12650H has slightly more cores with 10 cores compared to the Core i9-11900KF that has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-11900KF has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12650H. Also, the Core i9-11900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12650H outputs less heat than Core i9-11900KF 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 i9-11900KF has more L2 cache than the Core i7-12650H. Despite this, the Core i7-12650H has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-11900KF.

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