Intel Core i9-12900T vs Intel Core i7-4900MQ

Core i9-12900T vs Core i7-4900MQ specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-4900MQ 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900T has significantly more cores than the Core i7-4900MQ. Indeed, the Core i9-12900T has 16 cores compared to 4 cores found in the Core i7-4900MQ. It also has more threads than the Core i7-4900MQ. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-4900MQ has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900T. Despite this, the Core i9-12900T has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Core i9-12900T CPU outputs less heat than a Core i7-4900MQ CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core i9-12900T has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i7-4900MQ. The Core i9-12900T also has significantly more L3 cache.

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