Intel Core i9-12900H vs Intel Core Ultra 5 226V

Core i9-12900H vs Core Ultra 5 226V specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-12900H is faster than the Core Ultra 5 226V. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 226V in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900H has significantly more cores than the Core Ultra 5 226V. Indeed, the Core i9-12900H has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 226V. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 226V. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-12900H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 5 226V. 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.