Intel Core i9-12900HK vs Intel Core Ultra 7 256V

Core i9-12900HK vs Core Ultra 7 256V benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-12900HK is faster than the Core Ultra 7 256V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 256V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-12900HK has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core Ultra 7 256V has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 256V. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V. Also, the Core i9-12900HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 256V has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-12900HK. Despite this, the Core i9-12900HK has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 256V.

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.