Intel Core i9-12900HK vs Intel Core Ultra 7 268V

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
12% slightly better overall score
5659 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8680 points
8803 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

5739 points
22% slightly better multitasking score
4696 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

5626 points
25% slightly better heavy workload score
4485 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

178.23 points
53% significantly higher Blender score
116.39 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

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
279th 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 268V comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900HK performs better than the Core Ultra 7 268V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 268V 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 268V has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 268V. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 268V. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 7 268V 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 7 268V.

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.

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