Intel Core i9-12900HK vs Intel Core i3-1220P

Core i9-12900HK vs Core i3-1220P benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900HK beats the Core i3-1220P in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1220P in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-12900HK has slightly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core i3-1220P has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1220P. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900HK has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1220P. Also, the Core i9-12900HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-1220P outputs less heat than Core i9-12900HK thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Core i9-12900HK has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-1220P. The Core i9-12900HK also has significantly more L3 cache.

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 i9-12900HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.