Intel Core i9-12900HX vs Intel Core i9-12900

Core i9-12900HX vs Core i9-12900 benchmarks

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

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-12900 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900HX. Also, the Core i9-12900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-12900HX CPU outputs less heat than a Core i9-12900 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-12900 has more L2 cache than the Core i9-12900HX. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

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 i9-12900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.