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

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 14 core CPU vs Intel 20 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8158 points
7% slightly better overall score
7595 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10256 points
0.52% slightly better gaming score
10203 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7544 points
9% slightly better multitasking score
6863 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7441 points
10% slightly better heavy workload score
6739 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.04 points
215.05 points
2% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
20
42% many more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
28
40% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
92% significantly higher clock speed
1.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
5.2 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
40% slightly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
192 GiB
200% significantly more supported memory

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
33 MiB
37% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

142nd of 1,089
163rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
Core i7 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-5600

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core i9-12900H vs Core i7-14700T specs and performance

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

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700T has many more cores than the Core i9-12900H. Indeed, the Core i7-14700T has 20 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core i9-12900H. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12900H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700T.

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.

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