Intel Core i9-12900K vs Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX

Core i9-12900K vs Core Ultra 9 275HX benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 275HX 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has significantly more cores than the Core i9-12900K. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has 24 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Core i9-12900K. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 275HX.

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.