Intel Core i9-12900HK vs Intel Core i7-12800H

Core i9-12900HK vs Core i7-12800H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900HK beats the Core i7-12800H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12800H in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800H. Also, the Core i9-12900HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-12900HK has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-12800H. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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.