Intel Core i9-12900HK vs Intel Core i9-13950HX

Core i9-12900HK vs Core i9-13950HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-12900HK is faster than the Core i9-13950HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13950HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-13950HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i9-12900HK that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12900HK. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-12900HK has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-13950HX. Despite this, the Core i9-13950HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-13950HX has more L2 cache than the Core i9-12900HK. The Core i9-13950HX also has significantly more 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.