Intel Core i9-12900KS vs Intel Core i9-14900HX

Core i9-12900KS vs Core i9-14900HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-12900KS beats the Core i9-14900HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-14900HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-14900HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i9-12900KS that has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12900KS. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900KS has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-14900HX.

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 i9-12900KS has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.