Intel Core i9-12900H vs Intel Core i7-13620H

Core i9-12900H vs Core i7-13620H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900H beats the Core i7-13620H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13620H 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 i7-13620H that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-13620H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13620H. 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.