Intel Core i9-12900HX vs Intel Core i9-14900HX

Core i9-12900HX vs Core i9-14900HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-14900HX is faster than the Core i9-12900HX. 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 i9-14900HX has significantly more cores than the Core i9-12900HX. Indeed, the Core i9-14900HX has 24 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 i9-14900HX. In terms of cache, the Core i9-14900HX has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-12900HX. The Core i9-14900HX 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.