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

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

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900KS performs better than the Core Ultra 9 275HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 9 275HX 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 i9-12900KS. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 275HX has 24 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Core i9-12900KS. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900KS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 275HX.

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