Intel Core i9-12900HK vs Intel Core i7-13650HX

Core i9-12900HK vs Core i7-13650HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900HK beats the Core i7-13650HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-13650HX in all gaming tests too.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-13650HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900HK. Despite this, the Core i9-12900HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i9-12900HK has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-13650HX. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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