Intel Core i9-12900KF vs Intel Core i7-14700HX

Core i9-12900KF vs Core i7-14700HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900KF performs better than the Core i7-14700HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14700HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-14700HX has slightly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Core i9-12900KF that has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12900KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14700HX has a slightly higher turbo speed.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-12900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.