Intel Core i9-12900HK vs Intel Core Ultra 5 135U

Core i9-12900HK vs Core Ultra 5 135U benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-12900HK is faster than the Core Ultra 5 135U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 5 135U in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900HK has slightly more cores than the Core Ultra 5 135U. Indeed, the Core i9-12900HK has 14 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 135U. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 135U. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U. Also, the Core i9-12900HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 135U has more L2 cache than the Core i9-12900HK. Despite this, the Core i9-12900HK has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 135U.

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.