Intel Core i9-12900H vs Intel Core i7-12650H

Core i9-12900H vs Core i7-12650H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900H beats the Core i7-12650H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12650H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900H has slightly more cores than the Core i7-12650H. Indeed, the Core i9-12900H has 14 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i7-12650H. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12650H. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-12900H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12650H. Also, the Core i9-12900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. 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.

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