Intel Core i9-12900HK vs Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 14 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

6371 points
9% slightly better overall score
5827 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8680 points
9364 points
7% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5739 points
19% slightly better multitasking score
4788 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5626 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score
4598 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

178.23 points
40% slightly higher Blender score
126.58 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
75% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
150% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
13% slightly higher clock speed
2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
4% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
250% significantly more pcie lanes
8

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7.5 MiB
14 MiB
86% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
100% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

230th of 1,089
265th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-8533

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core i9-12900HK vs Core Ultra 7 258V specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 258V is faster than the Core i9-12900HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900HK in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-12900HK has significantly more cores with 14 cores whereas the Core Ultra 7 258V has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 258V. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-12900HK has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 258V. Also, the Core i9-12900HK has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 258V 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 258V.

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.

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