Intel Core i9-12900KF vs Intel Core i9-12900KS

Core i9-12900KF vs Core i9-12900KS benchmarks

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

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-12900KS has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900KF. Also, the Core i9-12900KS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i9-12900KS outputs less heat than Core i9-12900KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.