Intel Core i9-12900K vs Intel Core i9-12900KS

Core i9-12900K vs Core i9-12900KS comparison

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

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-12900KS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900K. Also, the Core i9-12900KS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-12900KS 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.