Intel Core i9-12900H vs Intel Core i5-12600HX

Core i9-12900H vs Core i5-12600HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-12900H is faster than the Core i5-12600HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12600HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900H has slightly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i5-12600HX that has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600HX. Both the Core i9-12900H and Core i5-12600HX have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core i9-12900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-12900H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i5-12600HX CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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