Intel Core i9-11950H vs Intel Core i9-12900H

Core i9-11950H vs Core i9-12900H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900H beats the Core i9-11950H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11950H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900H has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i9-11950H that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-11950H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-11950H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900H. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-11950H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.