Intel Core i9-12900HX vs Intel Core i9-13900

Core i9-12900HX vs Core i9-13900 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13900 beats the Core i9-12900HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-13900 has significantly more cores than the Core i9-12900HX. Indeed, the Core i9-13900 has 24 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Core i9-12900HX. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12900HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-12900HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-13900. Despite this, the Core i9-13900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-13900 has more L2 cache than the Core i9-12900HX. The Core i9-13900 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.