Intel Core i9-12900T vs Intel Core i7-14700T

Core i9-12900T vs Core i7-14700T benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-14700T beats the Core i9-12900T in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900T in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-14700T has slightly more cores with 20 cores compared to the Core i9-12900T that has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-12900T. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-12900T has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700T. Despite this, the Core i7-14700T has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-14700T has more L2 cache than the Core i9-12900T. The Core i7-14700T also has slightly more L3 cache.

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