Intel Core i9-12900F vs Intel Core i7-14650HX

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 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

10606 points

10831 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

12487 points

12542 points

0.44% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10032 points

10318 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9936 points

10235 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

10914 points

11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

9829 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

293.98 points

5% slightly higher Blender score

278.01 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

13858 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

12989 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2526 points

4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2416 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.4 GHz

9% slightly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz

5.2 GHz

1% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

Identical

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

192 GiB

49% significantly more supported memory

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB

Identical

30 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

76th of 1,089

72nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9

Core i7 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Core i9-12900F vs Core i7-14650HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900F beats the Core i7-14650HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14650HX in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14650HX has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i9-12900F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.