Intel Core i9-9900 vs Intel Core i7-12850HX

Core i9-9900 vs Core i7-12850HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12850HX performs better than the Core i9-9900. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i7-12850HX has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i9-9900 that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-9900. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9900 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12850HX. Also, the Core i9-9900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12850HX outputs less heat than Core i9-9900 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-12850HX has more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900. The Core i7-12850HX 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 i9-9900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.