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

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 14 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 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

8273 points
9304 points
12% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10410 points
2% slightly better gaming score
10181 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7643 points
9062 points
18% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7537 points
9033 points
19% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

209.04 points
10% slightly higher Blender score
188.94 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
16
14% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
24
20% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
80% significantly higher clock speed
1.38 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

45 W
35 W
28% slightly lower TDP

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
128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

1120 KiB
1280 KiB
14% slightly more L1 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
30 MiB
25% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

143rd of 1,102
104th of 1,102

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
12th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

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

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

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900T has slightly more cores than the Core i9-12900H. Indeed, the Core i9-12900T has 16 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 i9-12900H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900T. Also, the Core i9-12900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-12900T outputs less heat than Core i9-12900H thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-12900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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