Intel Core i9-12900K vs Intel Core i3-1115G4

Core i9-12900K vs Core i3-1115G4 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900K beats the Core i3-1115G4 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1115G4 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900K has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i3-1115G4 that has 2 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1115G4. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-12900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i3-1115G4. Also, the Core i9-12900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i3-1115G4 outputs less heat than Core i9-12900K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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