Intel Core i9-12900H vs Intel Core i7-14700K

Core i9-12900H vs Core i7-14700K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-14700K is faster than the Core i9-12900H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700K has many more cores than the Core i9-12900H. Indeed, the Core i7-14700K has 20 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core i9-12900H. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12900H. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-14700K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900H. Also, the Core i7-14700K 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.