Intel Core i9-12900H vs Intel Core i7-12800HX

Core i9-12900H vs Core i7-12800HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900H performs better than the Core i7-12800HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12800HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12800HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i9-12900H that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12900H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-12900H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12800HX. Also, the Core i9-12900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-12900H CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-12800HX CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. 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.