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

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

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

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-12800HX has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i9-12900HK has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12900HK. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-12900HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12800HX. Also, the Core i9-12900HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-12900HK CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-12800HX CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-12900HK has more L2 cache than the Core i7-12800HX. Despite this, the Core i7-12800HX has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core i9-12900HK.

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