Intel Core i9-12900H vs Intel Core 5 210H

Core i9-12900H vs Core 5 210H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900H performs better than the Core 5 210H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core 5 210H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-12900H has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core 5 210H has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core 5 210H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-12900H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core 5 210H. Also, the Core i9-12900H 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 i9-12900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.