Intel Core i9-8950HK vs Intel Core i9-12900H

Core i9-8950HK vs Core i9-12900H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-12900H is faster than the Core i9-8950HK. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-8950HK in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900H has significantly more cores with 14 cores compared to the Core i9-8950HK that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-8950HK. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-8950HK has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900H. Despite this, the Core i9-12900H has a slightly higher turbo speed. Both these chips have an identical TDP (Thermal Design Power). This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i9-8950HK has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.