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

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

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-12900K is faster than the Core i9-11900KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11900KF in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900K has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i9-11900KF that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-11900KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-11900KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900K. Also, the Core i9-11900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-11900KF CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-12900K CPU because of its 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 i9-11900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.