Intel Core i9-12900HX vs Intel Core i7-14700F

Core i9-12900HX vs Core i7-14700F comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-14700F beats the Core i9-12900HX in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i9-12900HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-14700F has slightly more cores than the Core i9-12900HX. Indeed, the Core i7-14700F has 20 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Core i9-12900HX. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12900HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700F. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-14700F has more L2 cache than the Core i9-12900HX. The Core i7-14700F also has slightly 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 i9-12900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.