Intel Core i9-12900K vs Intel Core i9-13950HX

Core i9-12900K vs Core i9-13950HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900K performs better than the Core i9-13950HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13950HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-13950HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i9-12900K that has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12900K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-12900K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i9-13950HX. Despite this, the Core i9-13950HX has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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.