Intel Core i9-9900K vs Intel Core i7-12700H

Core i9-9900K vs Core i7-12700H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12700H performs better than the Core i9-9900K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12700H has significantly more cores than the Core i9-9900K. Indeed, the Core i7-12700H has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-9900K. It also has more threads than the Core i9-9900K. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9900K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12700H. Also, the Core i9-9900K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12700H outputs less heat than Core i9-9900K thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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 i9-9900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.