Intel Core i9-12900KF vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX

Core i9-12900KF vs Core Ultra 7 255HX benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 255HX is faster than the Core i9-12900KF. Despite this, the Core i9-12900KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 7 255HX has slightly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Core i9-12900KF has 16 cores. Despite this, the Core i9-12900KF has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 255HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-12900KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 7 255HX. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-12900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.